2014
DOI: 10.4187/respcare.03246
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Management of the Artificial AirwayDiscussion

Abstract: Management of the artificial airway includes securing the tube to prevent dislodgement or migration as well as removal of secretions. Preventive measures include adequate humidification and appropriate airway suctioning. Monitoring airway patency and removing obstruction are potentially life-saving components of airway management. Cuff pressure management is important for preventing aspiration and mucosal damage as well as assuring adequate ventilation. A number of new monitoring techniques have been introduce… Show more

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“…There is no evidence in the literature that airway secretions – even when considered as “excessive” – are an indication for on-call bronchoscopy [13, 38]. The preferred techniques to manage airway secretions in mechanically ventilated patients are chest physiotherapy, postural drainage, high-frequency chest-wall devices, humidification, and repeated suctioning [39]. Olopade and Prakash [40] demonstrated that 81% of bronchoscopies due to retained secretions did not result in clinical improvement.…”
Section: Discussion/conclusionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There is no evidence in the literature that airway secretions – even when considered as “excessive” – are an indication for on-call bronchoscopy [13, 38]. The preferred techniques to manage airway secretions in mechanically ventilated patients are chest physiotherapy, postural drainage, high-frequency chest-wall devices, humidification, and repeated suctioning [39]. Olopade and Prakash [40] demonstrated that 81% of bronchoscopies due to retained secretions did not result in clinical improvement.…”
Section: Discussion/conclusionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The Mechanical ventilation delivered through a tracheal tube (ETT) to critically ill patients, requires appropriate heating, moistening and filtering of the airway in order to counteract bypassing of the upper respiratory tract due to the use of an ETT [ 37 ]. Any moisture deficit must be offset by the large airways of the tracheobronchial tree, which are poorly suited for this task, the gas with low RH rapidly absorbs moisture from the tracheobronchial mucosa and secretions in the airway, this can result in dry secretions, plugging with mucus, and obstruction of the airways [ 38 ]. The heating and humidifying of inspiratory gas, with different devices, can prevent complications associated with dryness of the respiratory mucosa, which can lead to the occlusion of the ETT [ 39 ].…”
Section: Humidification In Imv Which Device Can We Use?mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…1,2 These include ventilator-induced lung injury and ventilator-associated pneumonia. 3 Mechanically ventilated patients may receive endotracheal suctioning, which aims to maintain a patent airway and remove accumulated secretions. 4 However, endotracheal suctioning can also contribute to hypoxia, atelectasis, tissue trauma, and pain and distress for the patient.…”
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confidence: 99%