The magnitude of air admixture with a jet device in paediatric anaesthesia.
The admixture of air in inspired gas with a paediatric insufflation system based on a gas jet has been investigated. During anaesthesia with spontaneous ventilation 1% of air per kg body weight was found in tracheal gas samples. A venturi effect was virtually absent even at high jet flows, which suggests that artificial ventilation prevents air admixture.
D000388:Air / Q000032:analysis*; D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D006221:Halothane; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D009609:Nitrous Oxide; D010100:Oxygen; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation
D009609:Nitrous Oxide; D010100:Oxygen; D006221:Halothane