1992-05-01
A simple device to inject indicator gas for wash-out tests during mechanical ventilation
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Intensive Care Medicine , Volume 18 - Issue 5 p. 304- 308
Objective: To evaluate a simple device which injects a constant fraction of indicator gas to the inspiratory mixture for performing multi-breath wash-out tests during controlled ventilation. Design: the technique in which the indicator gas is injected at the mouth of the patient (post-mix) is compared with the technique where the indicator gas is administered in the bellows of the ventilator (pre-mix). Setting: Surgical Intensive Care Unit of a University Hospital. Patients: 10 post-operative mechanically ventilated patients. Interventions: None. Measurements and results: 3 wash-out tests with the post-mix and 3 wash-out tests with the pre-mix method were performed within an hour on every patient. The calculated mean end expiratory lung volume (EEV) was 1.91±0.871 with the post-mix technique and 1.89±0.881 with the premix technique. There was a good agreement with a mean difference of -1.9±6.5% in the calculated EEV values by the two different techniques. Conclusion: The described injector is an affordable device, is easy to assemble and can be incorporated in most electronically regulated ventilators to perform multi-breath indicator gas wash-out tests for pulmonary monitoring at the bed side of ICU patients.
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| Organisation | Department of Surgery |
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Gultuna, I., Huygen, P. E. M., Jabaaij, C., Holland, W., Ince, C., & Bruining, H. (1992). A simple device to inject indicator gas for wash-out tests during mechanical ventilation. Intensive Care Medicine, 18(5), 304–308. doi:10.1007/BF01706480 |
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