In ventilated newborns, part of the inspiratory work of breathing (WOB) may be due to the inspiratory efforts preceding inspiratory ventilator flow. This study was designed to quantify the contribution of these efforts to WOB. WOB was evaluated in six intubated preterm infants ventilated by the Drag
Maturation of autonomic control in preterm infants
β Scribed by Nathan A. Fox
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1983
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 725 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0012-1630
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