High-frequency jet ventilation and tracheobronchial suctioning
- 1 September 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Critical Care Medicine
- Vol. 12 (9) , 791-792
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00003246-198409000-00024
Abstract
Oxygenation and ventilation were assessed in 15 post-operative patients before, immediately after, and 3 min after 15 sec of tracheobronchial suctioning in the presence or in the absence of high-frequency jet ventilation (HFJV). When HFJV was continued during suctioning, the mean Pao2 decrease was only 15 ± 9 torr, compared to a 90 ± 16 torr decrease when HFJV was discontinued. This difference demonstrates that continuation of HFJV during tracheobronchial suctioning prevents a decrease in Pao2.Keywords
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