The effect of instrumentation with a telescope during bronchoscopy on arterial oxygen tension and acid-base balance.
The effect of instrumentation with a telescope during bronchoscopy on the arterial oxygen tension and acid-base status was studied in 17 unselected, anaesthetized patients using a ventilating technique based on Sanders' method (1). After ventilating the patients with a bronchoscope and a telescope in the trachea, in the left main bronchus or in the right main bronchus, the PaO2 value was always statistically significantly higher than after ventilating only with a bronchoscope. During the course of the bronchoscopy as well as after 1 h in the recovery room, the arterial acid-base status was within normal limits and the mean PaO2 value during bronchoscopy ranged from 175 to 240 mmHg (23.3-31.9 kPa) and was 138 mmHg (18.4 kPa) in the recovery room when the patients breathed about 35% oxygen in air. The present results suggest that instrumentation with a telescope during bronchoscopy ameliorates rather than impairs the ventilation and oxygenation of the patients.
D000136:Acid-Base Equilibrium; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation; D020680:Bronchoscopes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007385:Intermittent Positive-Pressure Ventilation / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood*; D010313:Partial Pressure
D010100:Oxygen