DEADSPACE AND THE SINGLE BREATH TEST FOR CARBON-DIOXIDE DURING ANESTHESIA AND ARTIFICIAL-VENTILATION
DEADSPACE AND THE SINGLE BREATH TEST FOR CARBON-DIOXIDE DURING ANESTHESIA AND ARTIFICIAL-VENTILATION
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DOI:
10.1093/bja/56.2.109
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发表时间:
1984-01-01
影响因子:
9.8
通讯作者:
JONSON, B
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作者:
FLETCHER, R;JONSON, B
Using the single breath test for CO2 (SBT-CO2), the components of physiological deadspace [VDphys] were investigated during [fentanyl or pethidine] anesthesia with IPPV [intermittent positive pressure ventilation] in 58 patients. A square-wave inspiratory flow and an end-inspiratory pause (25 and 10% of cycle time, respectively) were used. At tidal volumes [VT] of 0.45 l (f [respiratory frequency] = 17 b.p.m. [breaths/min]) and 0.75 l (f = 9 b.p.m.), median values for VDphys/VT were 0.44 and 0.31. Increasing VT and decreasing f did not change airway deadspace (VDaw) so that the fraction VDaw/VT was decreased (P < 0.001). The alveolar deadspace fraction (VDalv/VTalv) was decreased in 93% of patients (P < 0.001). These improvements with increasing VT can be attributed to beneficial effects on gas distribution and diffusion time. Patients with large alveolar deadspaces had steeply sloping SBT-CO2 phase III and increased expiratory time constants of the respiratory system. The median arterial-end-tidal PCO2 [CO2 partial pressure] difference, (PaCO2-PECO2), was 0.6 kPa [kiloPascal] at small and 0.3 kPa at large VT (P < 0.001). Three patients had zero and 4 had negative (PaCO2-PECO2) values at large VT. When phase III slopes steeply, negative (PaCO2-PECO2) values may be observed in the presence of VDalv.