The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians
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J. Matern. Fetal. Neonatal. Med. · Mar 2004
Comparative StudySpontaneous minute ventilation is a predictor of extubation failure in extremely-low-birth-weight infants.
To validate the percentage of time spent below a target value of spontaneous expiratory minute ventilation (< 125 ml/min per kg) during a 2-h period of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) via an endotracheal tube (ETT) as a predictor of failed extubation in preterm infants. ⋯ The measurement of spontaneous expiratory minute ventilation prior to extubation could be useful in identifying those babies who are not ready for spontaneous ventilation.