Reliability and limits of transport-ventilators to safely ventilate severe patients in special surge situations.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intensive Care Units (ICU) have sometimes been overwhelmed by the surge of COVID-19 patients. Extending ICU capacity can be limited by the lack of air and oxygen pressure sources available. Transport ventilators requiring only one O₂ source may be used in such places.

Objective

To evaluate the performances of four transport ventilators and an ICU ventilator in simulated severe respiratory conditions.

Materials and methods

Two pneumatic transport ventilators, (Oxylog 3000, Draeger; Osiris 3, Air Liquide Medical Systems), two turbine transport ventilators (Elisee 350, ResMed; Monnal T60, Air Liquide Medical Systems) and an ICU ventilator (Engström Carestation-GE Healthcare) were evaluated on a Michigan test lung. We tested each ventilator with diff

SUBMITTER: Savary D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7724620 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature