Acute Neonatal Respiratory Failure
(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…
Tracheostomy
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…
The Respiratory System
, 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…
Explicit Computerized Protocols for Mechanical Ventilation in Children and Neonates
Fig. 59.1 The three components of an explicit computerized protocol 59.3.1 Input Data The major issue is to select data that will be helpful and easily integrated into the ECP….
Gross Air Leaks
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….
Evaluating Mechanical Ventilators for Use in Neonatal and Pediatric Patients
Fig. 67.1 Improvement in neonatal outcomes (Adapted from Meadow et al. (2004)) All technology is not created equal. We have often been forced to use devices and instruments in neonatal…
Pediatric Acute Lung Injury
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…
High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation in the Neonate
(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…
Surfactant
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,…
Bronchiolitis
Pulse oximetry should be performed in every child who attends hospital with acute bronchiolitis Infants with pulse oximetry oxygen saturation (SpO2) ≤ 92 % require inpatient care Decision about infants with SpO2…
