New aspects of airway mechanics in pre-term infants
Open Access
- 2 February 2006
- journal article
- Published by European Respiratory Society (ERS) in European Respiratory Journal
- Vol. 27 (5), 913-920
- https://doi.org/10.1183/09031936.06.00036305
Abstract
High-frequency respiratory impedance data measured noninvasively by the high-speed interrupter technique (HIT), particularly the first antiresonance frequency (far,1), is related to airway wall mechanics. The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and repeatability of HIT in unsedated pre-term infants, and to compare values of far,1 from 18 pre-term (post-conceptional age 32–37 weeks, weight 1,730–2,910 g) and 18 full-term infants (42–47 weeks, 3,920–5,340 g). Among the pre-term infants, there was good short-term repeatability of far,1 within a single sleep epoch (mean (sd) coefficient of variance: 8 (1.7)%), but 95% limits of agreement for repeated measures of far,1 after 3–8 h were relatively wide (−41 Hz; 37 Hz). far,1 was significantly lower in pre-term infants (199 versus 257 Hz), indicating that wave propagation characteristics in pre-term airways are different from those of full-term infants. The present authors suggest that this is consistent with developmental differences in airway wall structure and compliance, including the influence of the surrounding tissue. Since flow limitation is determined by wave propagation velocity and airway cross-sectional area, it was hypothesised that the physical ability of the airways to carry large flows is fundamentally different in pre-term than in full-term infants.Keywords
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