so now the question is... how much time do we preoxygenate??? preoxygenating with 3-5min leads to tolerance to apnea for longer period than with 4 vital capacity breaths with 100% oxygen.. how do we understand the difference in these 2?
Well no we don't, especially if you understand the work. Firstly we preoxygenate the patient before and during the injection of NMBAs, and the average time before effect starts to show is 3 minutes for usual agents like Rocuronium and Atracurium. So by doing it for 3 minutes the concentration of the patient's oxygen in aveolar gas is enough to go through these minutes before you can safely put a tube in their trachea without complications like bronchospasm or laryngeaspasm. In practice however if the agents have a lower time required for emergence of effect like Succinylcholine we can just do preoxygenation for a minute and then intubate right away. For me personally where i practice i only preoxygenate for 2 minutes, and the FRC only reaches 60-70%, these numbers often give the patient 4-5 minutes.
so now the question is... how much time do we preoxygenate??? preoxygenating with 3-5min leads to tolerance to apnea for longer period than with 4 vital capacity breaths with 100% oxygen.. how do we understand the difference in these 2?
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Why should we specifically preoxygenate for 3 minutes .
Is there any logic or any calculation for 3 mins time .
You preoxygenate up to end tidal O2 of 87%.
Well no we don't, especially if you understand the work. Firstly we preoxygenate the patient before and during the injection of NMBAs, and the average time before effect starts to show is 3 minutes for usual agents like Rocuronium and Atracurium. So by doing it for 3 minutes the concentration of the patient's oxygen in aveolar gas is enough to go through these minutes before you can safely put a tube in their trachea without complications like bronchospasm or laryngeaspasm. In practice however if the agents have a lower time required for emergence of effect like Succinylcholine we can just do preoxygenation for a minute and then intubate right away. For me personally where i practice i only preoxygenate for 2 minutes, and the FRC only reaches 60-70%, these numbers often give the patient 4-5 minutes.
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