The presentation discusses unique aspects of newborn respiratory physiology, identifies the basic principles of neonatal ventilator-induced lung injury, emphasizes the importance of optimizing lung volume and tidal volume, differentiates between volume-controlled and pressure-controlled/volume-targeted modes of mechanical ventilation, and discusses the evidence in support of volume-targeted ventilation.
Original webcast date: July 2, 2015
Approved for 1.0 CRCE Hour
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- Understand key unique aspects of newborn respiratory physiology.
- Be familiar with basic differences between volume-controlled and pressure-controlled, volume-targeted modes of mechanical ventilation.
- Understand the rationale and know the available evidence in support of volume-targeted ventilation