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Volume 30, Issue 8 , Pages 1020-1023 , October 2008

A new mask designed for patients implanted with a nasogastric tube

Edmund Cheung So
- Department of Anesthesia, Chi Mei Medical Center, Yung Kang & Liou Ying, Tainan, Taiwan
- Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
- Department of Nursing, Chung Hwa University of Medical Technology, Tainan, Taiwan
- Corresponding author at: Department of Anesthesia, 901 Chung Hwa Road, Chi Mei Medical Center, Yung Kang & Liou Ying, Tainan, Taiwan, ROC. Tel.: +886 6 2812811x53354; fax: +886 6 2830122.
Ying-Hui Chen
- Department of Anesthesia, Chi Mei Medical Center, Yung Kang & Liou Ying, Tainan, Taiwan
Kar-Lok Wong
- Department of Anesthesia, China Medical University & Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
Paul Wai-Fung Poon
- Department of Physiology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan
Bu-Miin Huang
- Institute of Cell Biology and Anatomy, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Received 6 April 2007 ,Revised 26 September 2007 ,Accepted 28 September 2007.

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