Use of total inspiratory pressure-volume curves for determination of appropriate positive end-expiratory pressure in newborns with hyaline membrane disease
- 1 July 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Intensive Care Medicine
- Vol. 13 (5), 332-336
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00255789
Abstract
Thirty newborns with hyaline membrane disease were treated by mechanical ventilation with individualized appropriate positive end-expiratory pressure (APEEP) from inspiratory pressure-volume curves of the total respiratory system. APEEP was started before H 24 in group 1(19 patients), and after H24 in group 2 (11 patients). Until APEEP, the 2 groups had classical PEEP levels (lower than 0.8 kPa) either without or with incomplete improvement in arterial hypoxia. The mean APEEP of each group was greater than classical PEEP (P0.4 was shorter (23.8±13.7 h) than in group 2 (88.6±56.9 h) (p<0.001) and rapid improvement in blood gas exchanges was seen in group 1 compared to group 2 that was independant of the severity of the disease. Tolerance was excellent. APEEP ventilation started before H24 is of special interest in the management of newborns with severe alveolar injury.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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