BACKGROUND The objective of the present study was to compare in a prospective randomized fashion two different management schemes for chest tubes after lobectomy: water seal versus alternate suction (suction overnight and water seal during the day). METHODS Ninety-four patients with air leak on the morning of the first postoperative day were randomly assigned to two groups: group 1 (water sea...

OBJECTIVE Post-operative neuropsychological complications correlate with intra-operative microemboli in the middle cerebral artery. When severe neurological complications follow cardiac surgery, diffuse cerebral fat emboli are present at autopsy. Recycling shed blood with cardiotomy suction is an important source of cerebral fat microemboli. A cell saver may reduce this. METHODS Twenty patien...

BACKGROUND The insertion of suction devices through endotracheal tubes (ETTs) increases airway resistance and the subsequent suctioning may reduce airway pressures and facilitate atelectasis. The aim of this study was to investigate how airway pressures and tidal volumes change when different combinations of suction equipment and ETT sizes are used, and to what extent unfavorable effects can be...

Data fusion approach is investigated to avoid suction in the left ventricular assist system (LVAS) using a nonpulsatile pump. LVAS requires careful control of pump speed to support the heart while preventing suction in the left ventricle and providing proper cardiac output at adequate perfusion pressure to the body. Since the implanted sensors are usually unreliable for long-term use, a sensorl...

Recent investigations of laminar flow control for swept-wing boundarylayer flows provide promising results with respect to crossflow-transition delay using a technique called pinpoint suction. Strong, localized suction through holes accurately positioned with respect to the crossflow-vortex position can directly weaken the growth of secondary instabilities that are responsible for the final lam...

BACKGROUND Trainees rarely have the opportunity to practice suctioning copious or bloody secretions from the airways of patients in respiratory distress. The act of suctioning is frequently overlooked during the training of personnel in airway management and, thus, there is a dearth of simulated suction devices that can reproduce the fidelity of this process. OBJECTIVE The authors describe th...

INTRODUCTION Removal of pulmonary secretions in mechanically ventilated patients usually requires suction with closed catheter systems or flexible bronchoscopes. Manual ventilation is occasionally performed during such procedures if clinicians suspect inadequate ventilation. Suctioning can also be performed with the ventilator entirely disconnected from the endotracheal tube (ETT). The aim of t...

BACKGROUND The effects of physical therapy on heart rate variability (HRV), especially in children, are still inconclusive. OBJECTIVE We investigated the effects of conventional physical therapy (CPT) for airway clearance and nasotracheal suction on the HRV of pediatric patients with acute bronchiolitis. METHOD 24 children were divided into two groups: control group (CG, n=12) without respi...

INTRODUCTION Urine leakage following laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) is a possible complication that may herald chronic urine incontinence. Intraoperative measures aiming to prevent this is not standardised. AIM Presentation of experience with active suction of the prevesical space in managing postoperative urine leakage. MATERIAL AND METHODS At the Department of Urology, where lap...