Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition
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Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. · Jan 2008
Neonatal volume guarantee ventilation: effects of spontaneous breathing, triggered and untriggered inflations.
During volume guarantee (VG) ventilation the peak inflating pressure (PIP) for each ventilator inflation is adjusted to ensure the expired tidal volume (V(Te)) is close to the set V(Te). Differences in the PIP between inflations triggered by the infant's inspirations and untriggered inflations are seen. ⋯ During VG ventilation with the Dräger Babylog 8000 the PIP was 4 cm H2O lower during triggered inflations than untriggered inflations, although the expired tidal volumes were similar.