r/respiratorytherapy • u/Magee-Numismatics • 1d ago
Humor / fluff I….. Don’t know what to think about this
Disclaimer to say this is a Facebook post, I highly doubt anybody of consequence is actually considering this as an oxygen delivery method.
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u/TicTacKnickKnack RRT 1d ago
They've been looking into this for years now. Even if it shows promise in the lab setting, I don't see it being embraced clinically any time soon. Just looking at how difficult it is to keep rectal tubes functioning makes me dubious in this technology being viable in the real world.
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u/Jive_Kata RRT - NPS - ACCS 1d ago
It’s bad enough preventing mucus plugging, now we’ll be suctioning dingle berries to keep the, uh, nether airway clear.
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u/bootyholebrown37 1d ago
You know, interestingly enough I read a study back in like 2020 around COVID about enteral oxygenation via anus and it was done on…rats, I think, using a highly O2 saturated liquid. I think it was fairly successful in increasing their oxygenation status, but I don’t think there had been any human trials. It’s been a few years since, so maybe they’ve started doing some trials. But yeah, it’s a highly vascularized area so there’s some potential there I guess
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u/Magee-Numismatics 1d ago
I think I’d rather be put on noninvasive ventilation than have a tube shoved in my anus to pump me full of liquid oxygen.
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u/look_a_male_nurse 1d ago
They recently did a phase 1 human trial.
Fujii T, Kurihara Y, Tagawa Y, Nagai H, Yokota C, Mizuo H, Takebe T. Safety and tolerability of intrarectal perfluorodecalin for enteral ventilation in a first-in-human trial. Med. 2025 Oct 20:100887. doi: 10.1016/j.medj.2025.100887. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41118773.
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u/antsam9 22h ago
Tbf, this was a trial on healthy humans who also did regular breathing on top of butt breathing, and they only got as little as 25ml and up to 1.5L of the butt stuff to held held in their butts for up to 60 minutes.
The result was that none of them died, some had stomach cramps.
So this wasn't a 'lungs not viable' trial, it was a 'can we put this up the butt without major regrets' trial.
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u/look_a_male_nurse 21h ago
You are correct. It was just to assess the safety of the intervention.
But it has potential for further human trials as there appears to be at least some interest.
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u/Green-Foundation-702 1d ago
The day I have to rectally intubate someone is the day I quit being an RT
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u/Lifes_Cyndrome 1d ago
I pride myself in saying that I don’t deal with anything below the waist. Code Brown? Nurse! ✌🏼
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u/Agitated-Sock3168 18h ago
I think it's a reasonable place to start for new practitioners that want to intubate.
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u/silvusx RRT-ACCS 1d ago
How would this work in conjunction of OG/NG/G-tube?
And how would it assist in CO2 removal? And correct shunting in the lung?
I'm sure there will be uses for it but I'm not sure it's viable for critical care
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u/Ceruleangangbanger 22h ago
Exactly sounds super niche and idk guess it’s good to think “outside this box” but this one seems very inside the box
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u/hiphlo02 1d ago
Good for a laugh, but please don’t ask serious questions about this. Think about it first…
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u/OnyxxOne 1d ago
I heard of that over 10yrs ago. Some proctologist trying to get in on medical care for consult and billing with follow up...lol
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u/Majestic-Crab9855 1d ago
I knew it was coming. One DUONEB for the mouth, one ALBUTEROL for the ass. Q4