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,…
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…
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…
(5) Department of Respiratory Care, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Foundation, Research Institute, Seattle, WA 98105, USA Educational Goals Describe a basic understanding of the oxygen transport chain. Understand the various technologies…
The effect of changes in intrathoracic pressure on cardiac function Spontaneous ventilation and normal heart Positive intrathoracic pressure and systemic venous return The effects of changes in intrathoracic pressure on…
In this equation (the alveolar gas equation), P AO2 represents the alveolar partial pressure of oxygen. Additional variables are defined as follows: The first component needed in the calculation of…
, 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…
Fig. 44.1 Airway scalars. Airway pressure (Paw), flow, and volume (Vt) are graphically displayed over time Fig. 44.2 Airway loops. Flow-volume (Vt) and pressure (Paw)-volume (Vt) loops as typically displayed…
and David Tingay6 (5) Department of Pediatrics, Service of Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care, University Hospital of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland (6) Department of Neonatology, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children’s…
