Airway Stenosis-Related Increase of Pulmonary Pressure During High-Frequency Jet Ventilation Depends on Injector’s Position | Zendy

Gerald Ihra | Zendy; Andreas Heid | Zendy; Thomas Pernerstorfer | Zendy

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Airway Stenosis-Related Increase of Pulmonary Pressure During High-Frequency Jet Ventilation Depends on Injector’s Position

Author(s) -

Gerald Ihra,

Andreas Heid,

Thomas Pernerstorfer

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

anesthesia and analgesia

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404

H-Index - 201

eISSN - 1526-7598

pISSN - 0003-2999

DOI - 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181a94acb

Subject(s) - injector , medicine , stenosis , airway , tracheal stenosis , jet (fluid) , ventilation (architecture) , anesthesia , lung , high frequency ventilation , cardiology , mechanics , mechanical ventilation , meteorology , mechanical engineering , physics , engineering

High-frequency jet ventilation (HFJV) can lead to high-airway pressures under certain conditions. In this laboratory study, we evaluated the influence of the injector's position relative to a fixed airway obstruction on peak pressures in a tracheal-lung model.

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