Catheter inflation ventilation in tracheal stenosis.
Catheter inflation ventilation using simple apparatus is described and its use in a case of tracheal stenosis is reported. The suitability of the method was tested first on a model. Monitoring of blood-gas tensions showed that the patient could be hyperventilated without cardiovascular distubance for a period of 197 min.
D000368:Aged; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004329:Droperidol; D005283:Fentanyl; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013997:Time Factors; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000601:surgery*
D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D004329:Droperidol; D010100:Oxygen; D005283:Fentanyl