Respiratory mechanics in infants with severe bronchiolitis on controlled mechanical ventilation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Analysis of respiratory mechanics during mechanical ventilation (MV) is able to estimate resistive, elastic and inertial components of the working pressure of the respiratory system. Our aim was to discriminate the components of the working pressure of the respiratory system in infants on MV with severe bronchiolitis admitted to two PICU's.

Methods

Infants younger than 1 year old with acute respiratory failure caused by severe bronchiolitis underwent neuromuscular blockade, tracheal intubation and volume controlled MV. Shortly after intubation studies of pulmonary mechanics were performed using inspiratory and expiratory breath hold. The maximum inspiratory and expiratory flow (QI and QE) as well as peak inspiratory (PIP), plateau (PPL) and total expiratory pressu

SUBMITTER: Cruces P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6389183 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature