Forced expiratory flows and volumes in intubated and paralyzed infants and children: normative...

Britta S. von Ungern-Sternberg,1 Daniel Trachsel,2 Thomas O. Erb,1 and Jürg Hammer2 1Division of Anesthesia and 2Division of Critical Care and Pulmonology, University Children's Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland Submitted 27 December 2008 ; accepted in final form 14 May 2009 Reference equations that express indexes obtained from forced expiratory maneuvers in relation to height and/or other independent variables are lacking for infants and children with artificial airways. The present study was performed to establish normative data of forced expiration by forced deflation in healthy intubated and paralyzed infants and children and to develop prediction equations in relation to height and to ulna length to enable pulmonary assessments in children whose height is difficult to measure. Measurements of forced and passive... [read full story]                    

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