Anaesthesia· 2026Q1
Measuring mask ventilation: capnography is better
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Short summary
Capnography is a superior method for assessing facemask ventilation compared to the proposed MASCAN score, which overemphasizes routine techniques and undervalues outcomes.
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Key points
- The MASCAN score overemphasizes routine techniques for facemask ventilation.
- The MASCAN score undervalues patient outcomes related to ventilation.
- Capnography is wrongly omitted from the MASCAN score's assessment.
- Capnography provides a better measure of mask ventilation effectiveness.
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Abstract
Measuring mask ventilation: capnography is betterW€ unsch et al. [1] propose the five-point MASCAN score to define difficulty with facemask ventilation.We think that this score over-emphasises routine techniques, undervalues outcome and wrongly omits capnography.Figure 1 Scale to grade facemask ventilation by its outcome.Modified from [5], with permission from Elsevier.
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