Table 4

 This shows the total expired tidal volumes during an interrupted expiration and for the next inflation for both triggered and untriggered inflations

InfantSet VTe (ml/kg)VTe (ml/kg) for triggered inflations Mean (range)VTe (ml/kg) for untriggered inflations Mean (range)
Interrupted expirationNext inflationInterrupted expirationNext inflation
The number of inflations followed by interrupted expiration varied for each infant. Where no range is given there was only one value available.
14.57.34.45.2 (3.6–8.0)4.3 (3.4–5.0)
23.75.8 (2.1–19.1)4.6 (2.1–10.9)3.1 (0.2–3.9)3.8 (2.9–4.7)
32.93.7 (3.0–5.8)3.5 (2.7–4.3)3.5 (2.5–4.4)3.5 (2.1–4.3)
43.64.3 (4.0–4.7)4.3 (3.9–4.7)4.33.4
53.94.6 (1.0–9.3)4.5 (1.3–7.5)4.1 (2.8–5.9)5.2 (3.0–6.3)
63.94.0 (2.3–5.7)3.9 (2.8–5.7)3.8 (2.8–5.4)3.2 (2.5–4.1)
74.64.05.06.0 (2.1–10.4)5.1 (4.7–6.1)
84.76.5 (0.1–10.5)4.7 (1.1–8.2)4.8 (2.6–8.0)5.3 (2.0.3)
93.84.3 (3.5–5.6)3.9 (3.0–4.4)5.4 (2.8–6.2)5.2 (0.6–6.3)
102.83.83.03.73.3
Percentage of set VTe100%127 % (0–512)103% (0–512)123% (5–227)101% (0–322)