Fibre-optic bronchoscopy during mechanical ventilation

Automatic ventilation during bronchoscopy.

Sir,—The recent paper (Bennetts, 1977) describing the use of the Bird Mark 2 Ventilator and the jet injection technique for bronchoscopy states, ".. . there is dilution with air by as much as 50%". In his original paper describing the injection technique, Sanders (1967) demonstrated entrainment volumes in the region of 5 : 1 with adult bronchoscopes. Recent measurements in our laboratory using ...

Alveolar ventilation during bronchoscopy.

30 33 34 39 eFrom the Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba, and the Clinical Investigation Unit of the Winnipeg General Hospital.

Minimizing the risk of bronchoscopy during mechanical ventilation.

Ventilation during bronchoscopy.

FOR BRONCHOSCOPY in the past, various techniques have been used for anaesthesia: ( 1 ) Bronchoseopy without anaesthesia can be used only on infants or moribund patients, mainly for the purpose of providing tracheobronchial toilet. Special techniques of restraint must be used. A thorough diagnostic examination of the tracheobronchial tree is not possible. (2) Bronchoscopy with local anaesthesia ...

Flexible Fibre-Optic Bronchoscopy in the Intensive- Care Unit

Flexible fibre-optic bronchoscopy and bronchoalveolar lavage have become important diagnostic tools for the evaluation and often for the treatment of infants and children with serious lung and airway problems causing respiratory insufficiency or failure. These patients are cared for in the paediatric or neonatal intensive-care units, and they usually require endotracheal intubation (or tracheos...