Inflatable Indian travel pillow as a pneumatic patient jack
The Indian travel pillow readily available in the market has been utilized as a patient jack in the operation theatre. This has been used to raise the shoulders of an anaesthetized patient for surgery in the head and neck region and a set of two pillows have been used to prop-up a prone anaesthetize...
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2006-01-01
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| description | The Indian travel pillow readily available in the market has been utilized as a patient jack in the operation theatre. This has been used to raise the shoulders of an anaesthetized patient for surgery in the head and neck region and a set of two pillows have been used to prop-up a prone anaesthetized patient. This allows smooth positioning of the patient after intubation without disturbance to the airway with minimal manpower. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f12e54e003f44aa2b0e0fd5c2bf2c8792025-08-20T02:22:16ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery0970-03582006-01-013918890Inflatable Indian travel pillow as a pneumatic patient jackGopalakrishna AAgrawal KaroonThe Indian travel pillow readily available in the market has been utilized as a patient jack in the operation theatre. This has been used to raise the shoulders of an anaesthetized patient for surgery in the head and neck region and a set of two pillows have been used to prop-up a prone anaesthetized patient. This allows smooth positioning of the patient after intubation without disturbance to the airway with minimal manpower.http://www.ijps.org/article.asp?issn=0970-0358;year=2006;volume=39;issue=1;spage=88;epage=90;aulast=GopalakrishnaInflatable pillowpatient jackpatient positionpillow |
| spellingShingle | Gopalakrishna A Agrawal Karoon Inflatable Indian travel pillow as a pneumatic patient jack Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery Inflatable pillow patient jack patient position pillow |
| title | Inflatable Indian travel pillow as a pneumatic patient jack |
| title_full | Inflatable Indian travel pillow as a pneumatic patient jack |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Inflatable Indian travel pillow as a pneumatic patient jack |
| title_short | Inflatable Indian travel pillow as a pneumatic patient jack |
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| topic | Inflatable pillow patient jack patient position pillow |
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