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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
as a surrogate for blood gas PCO2, to decrease or increase ventilatory support. IntelliVent® also uses SpO2 to decrease or increase PEEP and FiO2. The two ECPs were studied in…
), which imply a proportionally large pulmonary ventilation (), achieved mostly by breathing at high rates. Indeed, fast breathing is a common characteristic of all newborn mammals. With respect to…
