Organization Characteristics in Oceania
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…
PEDIATRICS
Chronic Respiratory Failure in Neonates
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)…
Use of Potent Inhalational Anesthetic Agents During Mechanical Ventilation
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…
Ethical Concerns
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…
Indications for Nonconventional Ventilation Modes
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…
Selective Pulmonary Vasodilators
(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…
Organization Characteristics in North America
Number of beds in PICU (median (min, max)) 20 (7, 45) Number of physicians in PICU (median (min, max)) 7 (4,20) Medical staff with pediatric critical care training (median %)…
Automation of ALI/ARDS Ventilation in Children
Fig. 62.1 The presenting screen of a computer decision support tool prepared for pediatric modes of ventilation. Specific tools are within the software including the oxygenation tables for various levels…
Long-Term Outcomes After Mechanical Ventilation in Neonates
, Doug F. Hacking2, 3, Colin R. Robertson1, 2, 4 and Lex W. Doyle2, 5, 6 (1) Respiratory Medicine, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia (2) Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, VIC, Australia (3)…
Automated Control of Oxygen in Neonates
Fig. 60.1 Histograms of SpO2 and FiO2 show increased time within the target range of SpO2 and a striking reduction in time spent with high SpO2 during automated FiO2 adjustment…
