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Review
. 2000 Jul;16(3):463-72, vii.
doi: 10.1016/s0749-0704(05)70124-x.

Transtracheal oxygen delivery

D M Eckmann  1
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Review

Transtracheal oxygen delivery

D M Eckmann. Crit Care Clin. 2000 Jul.
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Abstract

Tracheal insufflation of oxygen has at least three major uses for chronic oxygen supplementation through a percutaneous catheter, it is an adjunctive measure to enhance gas exchange during mechanical ventilation, and it provides an emergency therapy for oxygen delivery with upper airway obstruction. In this article the mechanisms of gas exchange and techniques of oxygen delivery are described for each of these major uses.

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