Carbon dioxide distribution in Mapleson A and D systems: an experimental study

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
P K AndersenD B Stokke

Abstract

The distribution of CO2 in the Mapleson A and D rebreathing systems was investigated experimentally during controlled ventilation and with the expiratory valve closed during inspiration. Maximal and minimal levels of CO2-concentration obtained from capnograms along the tubing were used to construct "gas profiles". For both systems, high tidal volumes and low fresh gas flows resulted in a high degree of gas separation with a pool of alveolar gas near the expiratory valve, and longitudinal gas mixing was minimal. In this manner fresh gas loss was prevented and fresh gas utilization optimized. The end of the tubing nearest the patient was found to act as a reservoir for alveolar gas in the Mapleson A system and fresh gas in the Mapleson D system. Fresh gas utilization in the Mapleson D system was somewhat less efficient than in the Mapleson A system due to the fresh gas admixture to exhaled alveolar gas in the patient-near end of the tubing during expiration. The replacement of the usual expiratory valve of the Mapleson A system by a valve which is closed during inspiration makes the A system an alternative to the D system for controlled ventilation.

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May 1, 1990·Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica·L O JonssonR Lee
Feb 3, 2006·Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica·M Robinson, G K Lighthall

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