Validity of esophageal pressure measurements with positive end-expiratory pressure in preterm infants

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 216-222

  Seddon, Paul C ^a,b   Davis, G Michael ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b ROYAL ALEXANDRA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic lung mechanics; Esophageal pressure; Positive end expiratory pressure; Preterm infants

Indexed keywords

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ESOPHAGUS PRESSURE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG MECHANICS; LUNG VOLUME; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PRESSURE;

CATHETERIZATION; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LUNG; MALE; MANOMETRY; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER;

EID: 0041854451     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.10284     Document Type: Article

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