Basic principles of respiratory function monitoring in ventilated newborns: A review
Respiratory monitoring during mechanical ventilation provides a real-time picture of patient-ventilator interaction and is a prerequisite for lung-protective ventilation. Nowadays, measurements of airflow, tidal volume and applied pressures are standard in neonatal ventilators. The measurement of lung volume during mechanical ventilation by tracer gas washout techniques is still under development. The clinical use of capnography, although well established in adults, has not been embraced by neonatologists because of technical and methodological problems in very small infants.
Source: Paediatric Respiratory Reviews - Category: Respiratory Medicine Authors: Gerd Schmalisch Tags: Review Source Type: research