How do you minimize the effects of airflow resistance?
What will be an ideal response?
To minimize the effects of artificial airway on airflow resistance, ET tubes of size 8 or larger should be used when it is appropriate to the patient's size. In addition, the ET tube may be cut to about an inch from the patient's lips to minimize the airflow resistance contributed by the length of the ET tube. Other strategies for decreasing airway resistance can easily be done by periodic monitoring of the ET tube for kinking or obstructions by secretions, or other devices attached to the ET tube such as a continuous suction catheter, heat and moisture exchanger, or end-tidal CO2 monitor probe. Endotracheal suctioning to remove retained secretions and use of bronchodilators to relieve bronchospasm have also been used successfully to reduce the airflow resistance.
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