Pediatric Acute Lung Injury

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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…

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High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation in the Neonate

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(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…

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Surfactant

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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,…

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Drug Nebulization During Mechanical Ventilation

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(7) Department of Respiratory Care, Seattle Children’s Hospital Foundation, Research Institute, 4800 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98105, USA   Educational Goals Understand the basics of aerosol characteristics. Describe the…

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Bronchiolitis

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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…

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Noninvasive Respiratory Support in the Paediatric Patient

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(4) Paediatric Intensive Care Unit, Kremlin Bicetre Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux, 78 rue du Général Leclerc, 94270 Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France   Continuous positive airway pressure experience is mostly derived from retrospective…

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Post-extubation Stridor

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Fig. 36.1 Lateral radiograph of dynamic obstruction during inspiration for a child with subglottic (extrathoracic) airway obstruction from malacia. Notice how the airway caliber gets smaller during inspiration and returns…

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Mechanical Ventilation in the Operating Room

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Fig. 65.1 Arrangement of the various Mapleson circuits (a–f). The circuits vary based on the site of introduction of the fresh gas flow (FGF), pop-off or airway pressure relief valve,…

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