Maintaining Acid-Base Balance automatically during mechanical ventilation helps to wean the patient quickly and safely.
Today’s protocol on respiratory distress patients is more on oxygenation and blind removal of CO2. Mostly patients, in the process of more oxygenation gets in to hyper ventilation (which lowers the PaCO2 – hypocapnic). But my research points to maintaining acid-base balance is paramount important than oxygenation for sustaining life. Hence correcting the PaCO2 is more important than PaO2.
Today mechanical ventilator design is not straightforward to maintain optimal PaCO2 level continuously in a changing metabolism and body conditions. My Automatic Mechanical Ventilator – a novel design offers a solution to this problem. Today all mechanical ventilators are designed to enrich oxygen feed but none of them directly set right the acid-base balance. Hence always complications arise with use of ventilators.
I have developed an automatic mechanical ventilator which auto tracks the acid-base balance of the patient. With this feature risk of mechanical ventilation is greatly reduced.
Myths:
- It is generally thought that clearing as much CO2 as possible from the Lungs is beneficial.
- Hyperventilation traditionally has been thought to improve Arterial Oxygen Tension PaO2.
- Traditionally giving 100% (FiO2) Oxygen (through ventilator) has been thought to be beneficial to the patient.
- If the %SpO2 is less than 80% immediate initiation of Mechanical ventilation is a must to support oxygenation.
Remarks:
I can provide a detailed research paper on enquiry. I welcome you to work with me to validate this theory acceptable and workable practically. As you know this have many valuable applications in managing critical respiratory ill patients.
