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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-5-1
pubmed:abstractText
Steady inspiratory velocity profiles were measured at two flow rates in a 3:1 scale model of the human central airways in the presence of five modes of endotracheal intubation. The presence of an orifice or a short endotracheal tube had no significant effect on the velocity profiles distal to the carina. Long endotracheal tubes change the profiles in both main bronchi. A significant peak occurred in the frontal plane near the walls, and the maximum velocity in the airway was almost identical to the endotracheal tube center-line velocity. The flow impinging on the medial wall of the main bronchus was redirected up around the anterior and posterior walls yielding bipeak velocity profiles in the sagittal plane. A tube placed eccentrically in the trachea over the right main bronchus did not alter the velocity profiles in the left main bronchus, suggesting a redirection of flow over the carina into the left lung. An endobronchial tube at the mouth of the right main bronchus did change the shape of the velocity profiles in the left main bronchus. In the left upper lobar bronchus the presence of trachea intubation had no effect on the velocity profiles. However, in the right upper lobar bronchus, the long endotracheal tube flattened the velocity profiles from the strongly skewed ones seen in the absence of the endotracheal inserts. These results not only are relevant to distribution of ventilation and aerosol particle deposition, but also have strong implications in intrapulmonary gas mixing, especially when high-frequency low tidal-volume ventilation is involved.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
8750-7587
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
60
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
876-84
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Velocity profiles in central airways with endotracheal intubation: a model study.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't