Volume guaranteed? Accuracy of a volume-targeted ventilation mode in infants

Abstract

© Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2018. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted. Objectives Volume-targeted ventilation (VTV) is widely used and may reduce lung injury, but this assumes the clinically set tidal volume (V Tset) is accurately delivered. This prospective observational study aimed to determine the relationship between V Tset, expiratory V T (V Te) and endotracheal tube leak in a modern neonatal volume-targeted ventilator (VTV) and the resultant partial arterial pressure of carbon dioxide (PaCO 2) relationship with and without VTV. Design Continuous inflations were recorded ..