Complication Comments Oxygenator failure It is unusual for an oxygenator to fail completely, but they do lose efficiency over time Pump tubing (raceway) rupture Only in the roller pump system…
Conventional ventilator settings Common pitfalls Mode: Variable, decelerating inspiratory flow pattern is preferred to (a) optimize patient comfort and (b) augment mean airway pressure while minimizing peak inspiratory pressure Volume-limited…
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….
(4) Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Kremlin Bicetre Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux, 78 rue du Général Leclerc, 94270 Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France Continuous positive airway pressure experience is mostly derived from retrospective…
Fig. 72.1 Map of Oceania 72.1 Neonatal Services Neonatal services providing ventilation in Australia and New Zealand range from being extremely centralized in some areas (e.g., Western Australia) to being…
and Nelson Claure2 (2) Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA 48.1.1 Clinical Presentation The original publication on bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)…
Fig. 31.1 The chemical structure of the potent inhalational anesthetic agents includes both an alkane (halothane) and ethers. Of the four ethers, isoflurane, enflurane, and desflurane are substituted methyl-ethyl ethers…
First author (reference) Tagarro Garcia Stark Lago Moore Lago Kipper Date 2008 2008 2008 2008 2005 2005 Location Barcelona, Spain Melbourne, Australia Brazil Westmead, Australia Southern Brazil Southern Brazil #PICUs…
and Peter C. Rimensberger8 (7) Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, University Medical Center Utrecht, 85090, 3508 AB Utrecht, The Netherlands (8) Department of Pediatrics, Service of Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care, University Hospital of…
(3) Department of Pediatrics, UC Davis Children’s Hospital, University of California, Davis, 2516 Stockton Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95817, USA Educational Objectives Understand the regulation and physiologic functions of the nitric…
