Pneumothorax in a preterm infant monitored by electrical impedance tomography: A case report

Neonatology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-13

  Miedema, M ^a   Frerichs, I ^b   De Jongh, F H C ^a   Van Veenendaal, M B ^a   Van Kaam, A H ^a  

^a EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electrical impedance tomography; High frequency ventilation; Pneumothorax; Premature infant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; EXTUBATION; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATION; HIGH FREQUENCY VENTILATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG INFLATION; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PNEUMOTHORAX; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 77953940744     PISSN: 16617800     EISSN: 16617819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000292626     Document Type: Article

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