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Imaging the Respiratory Transition at Birth: Unraveling the Complexities of the First Breaths of Life
Tingay, D.G., et al. American Journal for Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2021.
Explored EIT as the first imaging modality to monitor the neonatal respiratory transition immediately after birth, providing insights into early lung function and potential implications for interventions in the delivery room.
The DELUX study: development of lung volumes during extubation of preterm infants
Plastina, L., et al. Pediatric Research. 2022.
Investigated changes in lung volumes during extubation of very preterm infants using EIT. Extubation was associated with significant changes in EELI (correlated to FRC). Re-recruitment of lung volume began immediately after initiating non-invasive ventilation.
Prolonged Continuous Monitoring of Regional Lung Function in Infants with Respiratory Failure
Becher, T.H., et al. Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2022.
EIT allowed continuous monitoring of regional lung function in 200 neonates and infants for up to 72 hours with minimal adverse skin integrity effects. The study confirmed posture-dependent changes in ventilation distribution and their dependency on postmenstrual age.
Clinical performance of a novel textile interface for neonatal chest electrical impedance tomography
Sophocleous, L. , et al. Physiological Measurement. 2018.
The Sentec textile EIT belt for neonates and infants was tested to validate its clinical performance. The results indicate that the textile electrode interface is suitable for chest EIT imaging between 24 and 72 hours in duration. It did not cause any distress or discomfort in the preterm infants.
Noninvasive Monitoring of Carbon Dioxide During Mechanical Ventilation in Older Children: End-Tidal Versus Transcutaneous Techniques
Berkenbosch J, et al. Anesthesia & Analgesia. 2001.
Transcutaneous CO2 monitoring provided an accurate estimation of PaCO2 over a wide range of CO2 values and was superior to etCO2 monitoring in older pediatric patients with respiratory failure.
Superiority of transcutaneous CO2 over end-tidal CO2 measurements for monitoring respiratory failure in nonintubated patients: A pilot study
Lermuzeaux, M, et al. Journal of Critical Care. 2016.
Large differences were found between etCO2 and PaCO2 in spontaneously breathing nonintubated ICU patients admitted for acute respiratory failure. The study argues against the use of etCO2 monitoring in such patients but raises the possibility that PtcCO2 measurement may provide reasonable estimates
Continuous non-invasive PCO2 monitoring in weaning patients: Transcutaneous is advantageous over end-tidal PCO2
Schwarz S, et al. Respirology. 2017.
"Our data therefore support PtcCO2 as a suitable means for monitoring PCO2 in patients undergoing invasive MV. This is in contrast to PetCO2, which clearly underestimated PaCO2, especially in patients with COPD."
Validation of a New Transcutaneous tcPO2/tcPCO2 Sensor with an Optical Oxygen Measurement in Preterm Neonates
van Weteringen, et al. Neonatology. 2020
This study of transcutaneous measurement in preterm neonates "found tcPCO2 remained accurate under all circumstances"
Transcutaneous CO2 versus end-tidal CO2 in neonates and infants undergoing surgery
Chandrakantan A, et al. Medical Devices: Evidence and Research. 2019.
These authors conclude that transcutaneous CO2 monitoring “is a more accurate measure of operative PvCO2 in infants, especially in NICU patients” compared to end-tidal.
Intrapulmonary percussive ventilation for children with bronchiolitis on non-invasive ventilation support
Cavari, Y., et al. Open Journal of Pediatrics and Child Health. 2022.
In this single-center study of ventilated children under 2 with severe bronchiolitis, “the use of IPV [therapy] had no adverse reactions.”
