title: High-frequency jet ventilation and tracheobronchial suctioning.
abstract: Oxygenation and ventilation were assessed in 15 postoperative patients before, immediately after, and 3 min after 15 sec of tracheobronchial suctioning in the presence or in the absence of high-frequency jet ventilation (HFJV). When HFJV was continued during suctioning, the mean PaO2 decrease was only 15 +/- 9 torr, compared to a 90 +/- 16 torr decrease when HFJV was discontinued. This difference demonstrates that continuation of HFJV during tracheobronchial suctioning prevents a decrease in PaO2.
mesh_terms: D001980:Bronchi; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D011182:Postoperative Care; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D013396:Suction; D014132:Trachea
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D010100:Oxygen