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Anesth Analg 1986; 65:1161-1169
© 1986 International Anesthesia Research Society
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Constant Flow Ventilation in Anesthetized Patients

Efficacy and Safety

Peter H. Breen, MD, J. Iasha Sznajder, MD, Paulette Morrison, RRT, Don Hatch, Larry D. H. Wood, MD, and Douglas B. Craig, MD

Department of Anesthesia, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, and the Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

Abstract

Constant flow ventilation (CFV) maintains normal gas exchange in apneic dogs and has potential clinical application during thoracic surgery or pulmonary edema. We compared CFV and intermittent positive pressure ventilation (IPPV) in five healthy, anesthetized, (fentanyl, diazepam, and nitrous oxide) and paralyzed patients undergoing nonthoracic operations. Constant flow ventilation was delivered at a total flow of 0.9–1.6 L·kg 1·min–1 (nitrous oxide-oxygen of 1:1) into two tubes of 2.5–3.5 mm inner diameter attached to each side of an 8–9 mm inner diameter orotracheal tube (OTT). Under brochoscopic guidance, the CFV-OTT was advanced to position each ventilating tube at a mainstem bronchial orifice. Gas exhausted through the OTT lumen. If intrathoracic pressure exceeded a preset limit, a solenoid valve automatically interrupted gas flow to the patient to prevent barotraumas. Compared to IPPV, during CFV for up to 30 min average PaCO2 increased to 69.2 ± 14.5 from 35.9 ± 2.9 mil Hg, reflecting a calculated alveolar ventilation (VA) of 46 ± 22% of the eucapnic level. We suggest that a technique combining CFV at lower flow rates with IPPV may prom clinically useful by allowing decreased tidal volume and inspiratory pressure while maintaining normal VA.

Key Words: VENTILATION—constant flow






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