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Airway management in microgravity: A systematic review.

Tobias WarneckeFelix TochtermannSteffen KerkhoffMatthieu KomorowskiChristopher NeuhausJochen Hinkelbein
Published in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2018)
It appears possible to safely manage the airway in weightlessness, provided that certain conditions are ensured, such as restraining the patient and operator for conventional orotracheal intubation. If airway protection is required with endotracheal intubation, both the operator and the patient should be restrained.
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