Airway Humidification
Fig. 9.1 The relative humidity of a gas depends on its absolute water content and gas temperature. At 37.0 °C and 100 % relative humidity, the respiratory gas has 44…
Rational Use of Adjunctive Therapies: Efficacy and Efficiency
(4) Department of Pediatrics, Neonatal Unit, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India Educational Aims To review the use of various pharmacologic agents in the prevention…
Respiratory Support in Developing Countries Where Resources Are Limited
Fig. 20.1 Threshold of hypoxaemia at different altitudes Changing the point at which hypoxaemia is defined and oxygen is given results in a major variation in the amount of oxygen…
Nasal CPAP: An Evidence-Based Assessment
Fig. 7.1 Bubble NCPAP. (A) Respiratory inductance plethysmography abdominal and chest bands; (B) esophageal balloon connected to pressure transducer. (A, B) are being used for pulmonary mechanics measurements in this…
Basic and Practically Useful Respiratory Monitoring of a Mechanically Ventilated Patient in Resource-Limited Countries
Mode Process Comment Blood gas related Blood gas analysis Requires collection of blood specimens, and is thus invasive, and may be associated with increased need for blood transfusion Generally used…
Specific Equipment Required for Home Mechanical Ventilation in Children
Nasal mask Facial mask Nasal prongs Mouthpiece Age Every age Every age Adolescent Child and adolescent Contraindications Gastroesophageal reflux, patient without autonomy Advantages Small volume, comfortable, allows eating and…
Development of the Respiratory System (Including the Preterm Infant)
Fig. 1.1 The stages of lung development. H&E staining of mouse lungs are shown during the pseudoglandular (a, E13.5), canalicular (b, E15.5), saccular (c, E18.5), and alveolar stages (d–f, postnatal…
Neonatal Intubation (Specific Considerations)
Study Premedication Population (median values or range for gestational age and birth weights) Desaturation Bradycardia Oei (2002) Placebo N = 10 Missing data Maximal heart rate drop – 62 ± 46 bpm 30 weeks…
Respiratory Mechanics in the Mechanically Ventilated Patient
and Katherine C. Clement10 (9) Arkansas Children’s Hospital, 800 Marshall Street, Little Rock, AR 72202, USA (10) Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of North Carolina, CB 7221, Chapel Hill,…
Mechanical Ventilation
and Sunil K. Sinha14 (13) Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, F4790 C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, University of Michigan Health System, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5254, USA (14) Paediatrics and Neonatal…
