Permissive Hypercapnia
Fig. 26.1 Brain tissue O2 tension, as well as cerebral perfusion, is progressively increased with increases in inspired CO2 concentration (Reproduced with permission, Hare et al. (2003)) 26.2.3 Cardiovascular System…
Fig. 26.1 Brain tissue O2 tension, as well as cerebral perfusion, is progressively increased with increases in inspired CO2 concentration (Reproduced with permission, Hare et al. (2003)) 26.2.3 Cardiovascular System…
, Pierre-Henri Jarreau2, 3 and Brian P. Kavanagh1 (1) Departments of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada (2) Service…
Initiation Ideally, VG should be initiated as soon as possible after intubation because this is the time when the most rapid changes in lung mechanics are likely to occur There…
Fig. 55.1 The ability to sustain spontaneous ventilation can be viewed as a balance between neurological mechanisms controlling ventilation together with ventilatory muscle power on one side and the respiratory…
Fig. 40.1 Nasal respiratory support via nasal prongs 40.1.1 Initiating Nasal Respiratory Support (NRS) 40.1.1.1 Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (NCPAP) Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) goal in infants…
Fig. 52.1 Distribution of age in plicated and non-plicated patients (From Joho-Arreola et al. (2005) with permission) In young infants under 6 months, plication should be performed after verification of…
% of mechanically ventilated children % of mechanically ventilated >48 h Total N-PICUs PICUs Total N-PICUs PICUs Mean 47 48 45 30 30 28 Median 43 46 41 26…
and Andreas Schulze4 (4) Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA 18.1.1 Introduction The spectrum and severity of respiratory illness in…
Tunisia Algeria Area (km2) 154,630 238,174 Total population (thousands) 2008 (National Office of Statistics Algeria 2009; National Statistics Institute 2009) 10,326 34,800 Population <15 years (%) 2007 (National Office…
Year 1997 (Farias 1999) 1999 (Farias et al. 2004) 2007 (Monteverde et al. 2008) ARF; n (%) 65 (63) 526 (79) 773 (80) ARDS; n (%) 6 (9) 16 (3)…