Indications for Noninvasive Respiratory Support

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(4) Department of Neonatology and Pediatric Pulmonary Unit, Bnai Zion Medical Center, The B. Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel   17.1.1 Introduction The two main indications for respiratory…

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High-Frequency Jet Ventilation (HFJV)

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Servo Pressure increases Servo Pressure decreases Improving compliance Worsening compliance Increased lung volume Atelectasis Improving resistance Worsening resistance Leak around ETT Rt. mainstem bronchus intubation Leak in the system Tension…

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Weaning Children from Mechanical Ventilator Support

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Cumulative fluid balance and sedation have both been implicated in prolonged duration of mechanical ventilation. Positive fluid balance is associated with increased duration of mechanical ventilation in adults and children…

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Weaning from Mechanical Ventilator Support in Neonates

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© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015Peter C. Rimensberger (ed.)Pediatric and Neonatal Mechanical Ventilation10.1007/978-3-642-01219-8_58 58. Weaning from Mechanical Ventilator Support in Neonates Anne Greenough1, 2   and Andrew Currie1 (1) Division of Asthma, Allergy and Lung Biology, MRC Centre…

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Sedation, Analgesia and Neuromuscular Blockade in the Paediatric ICU

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Systemic analgesia Local anaesthesia Low-dose opioids (in order of increasing potency) Local anaesthesia Codeine, morphine, fentanyl, alfentanil, remifentanil Lignocaine, bupivacaine, L-bupivacaine, ropivacaine High-dose opioids Routes NMDA antagonists Topical: Ketamine EMLA,…

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Pediatric Asthma

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Fig. 51.1 Mechanics of dynamic hyperinflation in acute severe asthma (Rotta and Steinhorn 2007). (a) A flow-time curve shows that inspiration begins before complete exhalation of the previous breath, leading…

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