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  • Title: The effect of instrumentation with a telescope during bronchoscopy on arterial oxygen tension and acid-base balance.
    Author: Saarnivaara L, Tarkkanen J.
    Journal: Acta Anaesthesiol Scand; 1983 Jun; 27(3):242-4. PubMed ID: 6349227.
    Abstract:
    The effect of instrumentation with a telescope during bronchoscopy on the arterial oxygen tension and acid-base status was studied in 17 unselected, anaesthetized patients using a ventilating technique based on Sanders' method (1). After ventilating the patients with a bronchoscope and a telescope in the trachea, in the left main bronchus or in the right main bronchus, the PaO2 value was always statistically significantly higher than after ventilating only with a bronchoscope. During the course of the bronchoscopy as well as after 1 h in the recovery room, the arterial acid-base status was within normal limits and the mean PaO2 value during bronchoscopy ranged from 175 to 240 mmHg (23.3-31.9 kPa) and was 138 mmHg (18.4 kPa) in the recovery room when the patients breathed about 35% oxygen in air. The present results suggest that instrumentation with a telescope during bronchoscopy ameliorates rather than impairs the ventilation and oxygenation of the patients.
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