Selective Lobe Ventilation - How cool is this?

[dchz]

Has anyone seen this?

Selective Lobe Ventilation

In the video the author is using two separate vents. Link to the journal article.

Selective Lobe Ventilation and a Novel Platform for Pulmonary Drug Delivery

The current methods of mechanical ventilation and pulmonary drug delivery do not account for the heterogeneity of acute respiratory distress syndrome or its dependence on gravity. The severe lung disease caused by severe acute respiratory distress syndrome coronavirus 2, coronavirus disease...

www.jcvaonline.com

I'm surprised there isn't something like this available already, but it's pretty cool.

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[vector2]

Has anyone seen this?

Selective Lobe Ventilation

In the video the author is using two separate vents. Link to the journal article.

Selective Lobe Ventilation and a Novel Platform for Pulmonary Drug Delivery

The current methods of mechanical ventilation and pulmonary drug delivery do not account for the heterogeneity of acute respiratory distress syndrome or its dependence on gravity. The severe lung disease caused by severe acute respiratory distress syndrome coronavirus 2, coronavirus disease...

www.jcvaonline.com

I'm surprised there isn't something like this available already, but it's pretty cool.

Why'd you post this in the private forum?

 

[chessknt]

This could have some use as well for really sick vented focal pneumonia though that is uncommon and it remains to be seen how effective secretion clearance is. I was sad they didn’t show the underlying device allowing selective ventilation in the video or how it is placed. I can imagine if it takes an hour to intubate and isolate each lobe it would be of very limited utility

 

[nimbus]

This could have some use as well for really sick vented focal pneumonia though that is uncommon and it remains to be seen how effective secretion clearance is. I was sad they didn’t show the underlying device allowing selective ventilation in the video or how it is placed. I can imagine if it takes an hour to intubate and isolate each lobe it would be of very limited utility

There are pictures in the paper.

 

[chessknt]

There are pictures in the paper.

Right but how long will it take to place? How will you know it is actually working correctly? There is also the problem that a subset of patients dont have complete fissures and you might not be isolating upper/lower lobes completely so you would have to review an appropriately protocoled CT scan prior to the procedure to make sure they are appropriate candidates.

 

[dchz]

Why'd you post this in the private forum?

No clue. Must have misclicked or something. Mod move me?

 

[pgg]

No clue. Must have misclicked or something. Mod move me?

Moved to the main forum.