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Early Recognition of Pneumothorax in Neonatal Respiratory Distress Syndrome with EIT
Rahtu, M., et al. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2019.
"Early recognition of a pneumothorax complicating respiratory distress syndrome may prevent it from becoming life threatening. In our case, the described EIT changes occurred almost 3 hours before the corresponding clinical diagnosis was made."
Electrical impedance tomography reveals pathophysiology of neonatal pneumothorax during NAVA
Kallio, M., et al. Clinical Case Reports. 2020.
"Real‐time bedside availability of EIT for continuous monitoring of aeration and ventilation distribution in neonatal RDS might help to recognize patients at risk of complications, allow timely treatment decisions and early detection of undesired events."
Effect of body position on ventilation distribution in healthy newborn infants
Rahtu, M., et al. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2023.
Electrical impedance tomography data were recorded with a 32-electrode belt in six different body positions in random order. Ventilation distribution was retrospectively assessed 10 minutes after each position change.
Regional Differences in Lung Ventilation During the Early Transition Period in Late Preterm and Term Neonates Assessed by EIT
Janulionis, A., et al. Adv Clin Exp Med. 2025
LPN during the first 90 min after the birth show reduced lung ventilation assessed by EIT, suggesting a possible impairment of early postnatal adaptation.
Preterm infants on high-frequency oscillatory ventilation: EIT during lung recruitment.
Werther, T., et al. Pediatric Research. 2025.
This study presents a practical EIT-based parameter to evaluate lung recruitment and overdistention, providing a precise complement to conventional oxygenation metrics.
Regional lung function in congenital diaphragmatic hernia assessed using electrical impedance tomography
Douglas, E., et al. Pediatric Research. 2025.
Lung function changes with time in CDH, and monitoring of each lung is possible using EIT.
Changes in lung aeration with high-flow nasal cannula compared to nasal CPAP in preterm infants
Katheria, A., et al. Journal of Perinatology. 2025
ElT was used to measure lung aeration in 78 preterm infants on nCPAP versus HFNC. While HFNC was non-inferior to nCPAP for overall lung aeration, 25% of infants failed HFNC transition, with failures showing significantly higher dependent silent spaces, indicating greater atelectasis.
Electrical impedance tomography confirmed the impact of the method of delivery of term neonates on early lung aeration
Janulionis, A., et al. Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine. 2025
This study used EIT to evaluate the effect of the mode of delivery (cesarean section versus normal vaginal delivery) on early lung aeration in 52 term neonates after birth. Cesarean section neonates had significantly poorer aeration in gravity-dependent lung regions compared to NVD.
Electrical Impedance Tomography During Mechanical Ventilation
Walsh, B.K., et al. Respiratory Care. 2016
This review examines EIT's role in optimizing mechanical ventilation through real-time regional lung assessment, including PEEP titration, detection of pneumothoraces, quantification of pulmonary edema, and comparative analysis of ventilation distribution across different ventilatory modes.
Rescue nasopharyngeal tube for preterm infants non-responsive to initial ventilation after birth
Belting, C., et al. Pediatric Research. 2024
EIT was used to assess lung volume changes during rescue nasopharyngeal tube (NPT) insertion in preterm infants non-responsive to initial facemask ventilation. NPT insertion resulted in significant increases in End Expiratory Lung Impedance, correlating with improvements in clinical parameters.
