Electrical impedance tomography reveals pathophysiology of neonatal pneumothorax during NAVA
Open Access
- 24 May 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Clinical Case Reports
- Vol. 8 (8), 1574-1578
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2944
Abstract
Pneumothorax is a potentially life‐threatening complication of neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). We describe a case of a tension pneumothorax that occurred during neurally adjusted ventilatory assist (NAVA) in a preterm infant suffering from RDS. The infant was included in a multicenter study examining the role of electrical impedance tomography (EIT) in intensive care and therefore continuously monitored with this imaging method. The attending physicians were blinded for EIT findings but offline analysis revealed the potential of EIT to clarify the underlying cause of this complication, which in this case was heterogeneous lung disease resulting in uneven ventilation distribution. Instantaneous increase in end‐expiratory lung impedance on the affected side was observed at time of the air leak. Real‐time bedside availability of EIT data could have modified the treatment decisions made.Keywords
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