Basics of Gas Exchange
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…
Approaches to Adverse Patient-Ventilator Interactions
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…
Cardiopulmonary Interactions in the Ventilated Patient
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…
Monitoring Lung Volumes During Mechanical Ventilation
and Peter A. Dargaville5 (4) Department of Neonatology, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Flemington Rd, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia (5) Department of Paediatrics, Royal Hobart Hospital and University of Tasmania,…
Monitoring of the Mechanical Behaviour of the Respiratory System During Controlled Mechanical Ventilation
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…
Acute Neonatal Respiratory Failure
(6) Department of Newborn Research, The Royal Women’s Hospital, 20 Flemington Rd, Parkville, VIC, 3052, Australia Acute respiratory failure requiring assisted ventilation is one of the most common reasons…
Tracheostomy
Fig. 56.1 A T-tube may be used instead of a tracheotomy tube for special circumstances, such as after surgery on the larynx or trachea Fig. 56.2 Silver tracheotomy tube, containing…
The Respiratory System
, 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…
Explicit Computerized Protocols for Mechanical Ventilation in Children and Neonates
Fig. 59.1 The three components of an explicit computerized protocol 59.3.1 Input Data The major issue is to select data that will be helpful and easily integrated into the ECP….
Gross Air Leaks
Fig. 34.1 Pulmonary interstitial emphysema. (a) Severe. This was often seen in the presurfactant era. Note the overdistension and the pneumothorax on the right side (With courtesy of Pr C….
