Our paper “Prediction and prevention of ventilation impairments during bronchoscopy” has been published in ICMx https://rdcu.be/eU6zF
The key findings:
-Inserting a bronchoscope causes the resistance of an endotracheal tube to increase dramatically, scaling with the negative fifth power of th...
Bronchoscopy in ventilated patients severely narrows the endotracheal tube lumen and increases resistance, which can lead to hypoventilation and intrinsic PEEP build-up. These ventilation impairments depend on the geometry of the tube-bronchoscope combination, ventilator settings, and patient mecha...
