Prophylactic nasopharyngeal tube insertion prevents acute hypoxaemia due to upper-airway obstruction during flexible bronchoscopy.
Insertion of a nasopharyngeal tube (NT) is a highly effective approach to the management of acute hypoxaemia during flexible bronchoscopy (FB) in lung -transplant recipients. We noted that lung transplant recipients undergoing FB who had been treated previously with NT insertion had further episodes of oxygen desaturation (<90%), despite supplemental oxygen therapy. Prophylactic NT insertion prevented acute hypoxaemia in the majority of lung transplant recipients, with previously documented FB-related oxygen desaturation secondary to UAO. Additional jaw support may be needed in some patients with severe upper-airway obstruction.
Chhajed
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Heart Lung Transplant Unit, St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. chhajed@hotmail.com
Aboyoun
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Malouf
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Hopkins
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Plit
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Grunstein
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Glanville
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D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D001999:Bronchoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007440:Intubation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016040:Lung Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009305:Nasopharynx; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000502:physiology; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy / Q000379:methods; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000379:methods; D011336:Probability; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012494:Sampling Studies; D016896:Treatment Outcome