The effects of helium/oxygen mixture (heliox) before and after extubation in long-term mechanically ventilated very low birth weight infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1524-1528

  Migliori, Claudio ^a   Gancia, Paolo ^b   Garzoli, Elena ^a   Spinoni, Vania ^a   Chirico, Gaetano ^a  

^a SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

^b Saint Croce and Carle Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heliox; Mechanical ventilation; Preterm infants; Pulmonary function; Weaning

Indexed keywords

AIR LIQUIDE; HELIOX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; AIRWAY PRESSURE; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BILEVEL POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; EXTUBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG MECHANICS; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; MALE; PEAK INSPIRATORY FLOW; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN MONITORING; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BLOOD GAS MONITORING, TRANSCUTANEOUS; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; FEMALE; HELIUM; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LONG-TERM CARE; LUNG VOLUME MEASUREMENTS; MALE; OXYGEN; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; VENTILATOR WEANING;

EID: 66249131019     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-0937     Document Type: Article

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