Monitoring of the Mechanical Behaviour of the Respiratory System During Controlled Mechanical Ventilation

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and David Tingay6 (5) Department of Pediatrics, Service of Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care, University Hospital of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland (6) Department of Neonatology, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children’s…

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Acute Neonatal Respiratory Failure

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(6) Department of Newborn Research, The Royal Women’s Hospital, 20 Flemington Rd, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia   Acute respiratory failure requiring assisted ventilation is one of the most common reasons…

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Tracheostomy

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Fig. 56.1 A T-tube may be used instead of a tracheotomy tube for special circumstances, such as after surgery on the larynx or trachea Fig. 56.2 Silver tracheotomy tube, containing…

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The Respiratory System

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, Francis Leclerc2, Véronique Nève3, J. Jane Pillow4, 5 and Paul D. Robinson6, 7   (1) Division of Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, and Department of Pediatrics, University of South…

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Gross Air Leaks

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Fig. 34.1 Pulmonary interstitial emphysema. (a) Severe. This was often seen in the presurfactant era. Note the overdistension and the pneumothorax on the right side (With courtesy of Pr C….

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Pediatric Acute Lung Injury

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Onset  Acute Oxygenation ALI PaO2/FiO2 < 300 (regardless of positive end-expiratory pressure level) ARDS PaO2/FiO2 < 200 (regardless of positive end-expiratory pressure level) Chest radiograph  Bilateral infiltration seen on frontal chest radiograph Pulmonary artery…

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High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation in the Neonate

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(4) Department of Pediatrics, Service of Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care, University Hospital of Geneva, CH-1211, Geneva 14, Switzerland   45.1.1 Indication and General Considerations The classical approach was to…

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Surfactant

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and Roger F. Soll9 (8) Department of Neonatology, State University of New York at Buffalo and ONY, Inc., Amherst, NY, USA (9) Department of Pediatrics and Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester,…

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