Nasal CPAP: An Evidence-Based Assessment

Sep 26, 2016 by in PEDIATRICS Comments Off on Nasal CPAP: An Evidence-Based Assessment

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…

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Basic and Practically Useful Respiratory Monitoring of a Mechanically Ventilated Patient in Resource-Limited Countries

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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…

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Neonatal Intubation (Specific Considerations)

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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…

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Respiratory Mechanics in the Mechanically Ventilated Patient

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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,…

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Mechanical Ventilation

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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…

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Automation of Weaning in Children

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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…

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Classical Respiratory Monitoring

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(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…

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