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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-12-2
pubmed:abstractText
Polytraumatic patients (n = 19), requiring for ventilatory support [8, 23, 24], were alternatively normoventilated (PaCO2 approximately equal to 40 mm Hg) with either He-O2 or N2-O2 (FIO2 = 0,3) using positive endexspiratory pressures of 0, 5, 10 and 15 cm H2O. The results demonstrated that the tidal volume decreased by 17% during the ventilation with He-O2 as compared with N2-O2. At the same time the inspiratory resistance and the inspiratory peak-pressure decreased by 20%. These results can be explained by the physical properties of helium, since helium guarantees a laminar flow during respiration in contrast to N2 even in obstructive airways. In conclusion it can be said that polytrauma patients have a inhomogeneous distribution of ventilation starting at the day of accident, that leads to a rise in deadspace ventilation. Because of having lower respiration pressures by using He-O2 mixtures, pulmonary barotrauma could be reduced.
pubmed:language
ger
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0003-2417
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
323-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
[Respiration of multi-injured patients with He-O2 and N2-O2 mixtures. I. Ventilatory effects and pulmonary gas exchange].
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract