Clark's head tent or "small mask"? Value of high oxygen flows administered through a mask
Landrieu, J.P.; Milhaud, A.; Brille, P.; Hermant, A.; Tinturier, F.
Agressologie Revue Internationale de Physio-Biologie et de Pharmacologie Appliquees Aux Effets de l'Agression 32(10 Spec No): 465-466
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-1148 PMID: 1844104 Document Number: 370619
The measurement of transcutaneous PtcO2 in eight normal adults prove a comparable efficacy of 50 l.min-1 O2 through facial "small mask" (61.5 kPa; 463 mmHg) and 20 l.min-1 O2 through head tent (65.1 kPa; 490 mmHg). First procedure, inexpensive, is very simple to use.