Too much transparency is too bad!!

Abstract

One of the key components in anesthesia delivery system is face mask. The anatomical face mask is also called as face piece and is designed to fit the contour of patient face and deliver the anesthetic gases. Wide ranges of masks are available in the market. Different varieties of masks have been evolved after understanding the difficulties of typical anatomical face mask.^[1] Truly speaking these masks are typical anatomical masks with some modification to overcome the problem. ^[2] Transparent mask is one of the innovative ideas which are developed with the main intention of identification of patient condition viz, bleeding from the mouth, vomitus or oral secretions and cyanosis. The transparent mask though it has many advantages it is not free from disadvantages. Iatrogenic injury to patient due to use of damaged masks and or infections are common. Hence maximum care should be taken to prevent these. ^[2] In this report we share our experience.