Neonatal intensive care : the journal of perinatology-neonatology
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Neonatal Intensive Care · May 1992
Volume-controlled ventilation for severe neonatal respiratory failure.
Volume-controlled ventilation was utilized as a rescue modality in six newborn infants with severe respiratory failure. Infants were switched from time-cycled, pressure-limited ventilation to volume-controlled ventilation at 10-12 mL/kg using the VIP-Bird infant ventilator. ⋯ Preliminary analysis of pulmonary function during volume-controlled ventilation suggests differences in the patterns of delivery of tidal volume and minute ventilation, which are more consistent. This may improve stabilization of lung volume and decrease ventilation-perfusion mismatch.