TRANSTRACHEAL VENTILATION IN PAEDIATRIC PATIENTS

Transtracheal catheter ventilation: clinical experience in 36 patients.

Transtracheal jet ventilation in a porcine model

Hypoxemia is a frequent event during difficult airway management. We propose to use transtracheal jet ventilation (TTJV) early during the management of complex difficult airway scenarios. The objective of this porcine study is to highlight the benefit of oxygenation via prophylactic TTJV. Eighteen pigs (Sus scrofa) were divided into two equal groups. In Group A, pigs were anesthetized and no lu...

Vessel dilator cricothyrotomy for transtracheal jet ventilation.

Needle cricothyrotomy is a safe, relatively easy procedure and has been described to enable pulmonary ventilation for patients in both elective and emergency situations. Conventional IV cannulae are short, thin-walled, and easily kinked and, therefore, do not provide a secure system to jet oxygen into the trachea. The vessel dilators of most 7-9 French introducer kits are firm, pliable, resist ...

Percutaneous transtracheal jet ventilation in head and neck surgery.

OBJECTIVE To assess the safety and efficacy of percutaneous transtracheal jet ventilation (PTJV) in the management of the difficult airway. DESIGN Retrospective case series. SETTING Academic, tertiary care medical center. PATIENTS Forty-three consecutive PTJV procedures performed on 33 patients with anticipated airway difficulty undergoing direct laryngoscopy for diagnosis and/or treatmen...

Recent advances in paediatric ventilation.

BACKGROUND To review the recent advances in ventilatory therapy for acute respiratory failure in children. DATA SOURCES Recent published peer-review articles on mechanical ventilation for acute respiratory failure in children. SUMMARY OF REVIEW Advances in conventional treatment for acute respiratory failure (e.g. mechanical ventilation) have not increased survival in children. However, rec...