Use of the Combitube for airway maintenance during percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy.

Abstract:

:The Combitube airway allows short-term ventilation during cardiopulmonary resuscitation and can be useful in the management of the difficult airway. In a prospective observational study we assessed its use during percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT). Twenty-one intensive care patients scheduled for elective PDT had their tracheal tube replaced by a Combitube airway retaining the same ventilator settings. Arterial blood gases, airway pressures, SpO2 and end-tidal CO2 were measured as were the transmural pressures exerted by the Combitube cuffs. Combitube placement was successful in 20 of 21 patients although adequate ventilation was possible in only 17 (85%). There was no significant change in PaO2, SpO2, end-tidal CO2, Paco2 or mean airway pressure during Combitube ventilation. A high mean (SD) transmural pressure of 14.7 (5) kPa was exerted by the distal cuff. The Combitube provided a satisfactory alternative airway to the tracheal tube during performance of PDT in 85% of our patients. Potential problems associated with its use in intensive care patients are outlined.

journal_name

Anaesthesia

journal_title

Anaesthesia

authors

Mallick A,Quinn AC,Bodenham AR,Vucevic M

doi

10.1046/j.1365-2044.1998.00320.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1998-03-01 00:00:00

pages

249-55

issue

3

eissn

0003-2409

issn

1365-2044

journal_volume

53

pub_type

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