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Chest, Vol 74, 39-44, Copyright © 1978 by American College of Chest Physicians

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A new oxygen cannula system using intermittent-demand nasal flow

D Auerbach, MR Flick and AJ Block

A new cannula with a system of intermittent nasal flow was evaluated and compared with a standard constant-flow nasal cannula in 15 patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The intermittent-demand cannula released oxygen only when a negative pressure was detected in the nose (negative mode) or when a a positive pressure ceased to be detected in the nose (positive mode). At rates of flow varying from 0.63 to 5.60 L/min, the continuous-flow mode used 9 percent more oxygen than the negative mode and 31 percent more oxygen than the positive mode to achieve comparable improvement in arterial oxygen tension. The system using the intermittent-demand cannula was sensitive and reliable in over 150 hours of testing.




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