RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Synchronous mechanical ventilation of the neonate.
JF Archives of Disease in Childhood
JO Arch Dis Child
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
SP 1190
OP 1195
DO 10.1136/adc.61.12.1190
VO 61
IS 12
A1 M South
A1 C J Morley
YR 1986
UL http://adc.bmj.com/content/61/12/1190.abstract
AB We describe a simple technique of neonatal ventilation that induces the neonate to breathe in synchrony with the ventilator. This preserves the beneficial effects of spontaneous respiration (unlike therapeutic paralysis) and reduces potentially harmful interactions between baby and ventilator. The technique uses measurements of the neonate's own respiratory timing.