High frequency jet ventilation through mask contribute to oxygen therapy among patients undergoing bronchoscopic intervention under deep sedation
Abstract Background: High frequency jet ventilation (HFJV) is an open ventilating technique to maintain ventilation for emergency or difficult airway. However, whether jet ventilation or conventional oxygen therapy (COT) is more effectively and safe in maintaining adequate oxygenation, is unclear among patients with airway stenosis during bronchoscopic intervention (BI) under deep sedation.Methods: A prospective randomized cohort study was conducted to compare HFJV with normal frequency jet ventilation (NFJV) and COT (high flow oxygen) in oxygen supplementation during BI under deep sedation from March 2020 to August 2020. Patients receiving BI under deep sedation were randomly divided into 3 parallel groups of 50 patients each: the COT group (fractional inspired oxygen (FiO2) of 1.0, 12 L/min), the NFJV group (FiO2 of 1.0, driving pressure of 0.1MPa, and respiratory rate (RR) 15bpm) and the HFJV Group (FiO2 of 1.0, driving pressure of 0.1MPa, and RR of 1200bpm). Pulse oxygen saturation (SpO2), mean blood pressure and heart rate were recorded during the whole procedure. Arterial blood gas was examined and recorded 15 minutes after the procedure was initiated. The procedure duration, dose of anesthetics, and adverse events during BI in the three groups were also recorded.Results: A total of 161 patients were enrolled, with 11 patients excluded. The clinical characteristics were similar among the three groups. The PaO2 of the HFJV group was significantly higher than that of the COT and NFJV groups (P<0.001). PaO2 was significantly correlated with ventilation mode (P<0.001), body mass index (BMI) (P=0.019) and procedure duration (P=0.001). Multiple linear regression showed that only BMI and procedure duration were independent influencing factors of arterial blood gas PaO2 (P=0.040 and P=0.002, respectively). The location of airway lesions and the severity of airway stenosis were not statistically correlated with PaCO2 and PaO2.Conclusions: HFJV could effectively and safely improve the intra-operative PaO2 among patients with airway stenosis during BI in deep sedation, and it did not increase the intra-operative PaCO2 and the risk of hypercapnia. The location of airway lesions and the severity of airway stenosis may not affect oxygenation maintenance during basic and some advanced BI.