The Effects of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure on Lung Mechanics and Lung Volumes in the Neonate
- 1 January 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in Neonatology
- Vol. 29 (3-4) , 178-186
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000240862
Abstract
We have studied the effect of continuous positive airways pressure (CPAP) on the lung mechanics and thoracic gas volumes on 15 occasions in 12 healthy neonates. As expected, the thoracic gas volume rose and total pulmonary resistance fell. The dynamic compliance fell on all occasions. 43% of the applied pressure was transmitted through to the mediastinal structures.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Volume-Pressure Relations of the Respiratory System of Curarized InfantsAnesthesiology, 1965
- MEASUREMENT OF THORACIC GAS VOLUME IN THE NEWBORN INFANT*Journal of Clinical Investigation, 1963