Tidal breathing in preterm infants receiving and weaning from continuous positive airway pressure

Pickerd, Nicole, Williams, Edgar Mark, Watkins, William ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3262-6588 and Kotecha, Sailesh ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3535-7627 2014. Tidal breathing in preterm infants receiving and weaning from continuous positive airway pressure. The Journal of Pediatrics 164 (5) , 1058-1063.e1. 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.12.049

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Abstract

Objective: To compare tidal breathing on different continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) devices and pressures and to serially measure tidal breathing during weaning off CPAP using electromagnetic inductive plethysmography. Study design: Using electromagnetic inductive plethysmography, tidal breathing was measured in 29 preterm infants receiving CPAP, gestational age 28 ± 2 weeks. Variable-flow nasal CPAP (nCPAP), bubble CPAP (bCPAP) at pressures of 5, 7, and 9 cmH2O, nasal bi-level positive airway pressure (nBiPAP) system at pressures of 5, 7/5, and 9/5 cmH2O, and unsupported breathing were studied. Twenty-one infants had weekly tidal breathing measurements on and off nCPAP. Results: Minute volume (MV/kg) was similar between all devices (0.30-0.33 L/kg/min). On bCPAP, weight corrected tidal volume (VT/kg) was the least, changing little with increasing pressures. On nCPAP and nBiPAP, VT/kg increased with increasing pressure and the respiratory rate (fR) decreased. The delivered pressure varied slightly from the set pressure being most dissimilar on nBiPAP and similar on bCPAP. Compared with unsupported breathing, all devices decreased VT/kg, MV/kg, and phase angle, but did not alter fR. Serial tidal breathing measurements showed decreasing difference for VT/kg over time on and off nCPAP. Conclusions: At different pressure settings, on all CPAP devices the measured MV/kg was similar either through increasing VT/kg and decreasing fR (nCPAP and nBiPAP) or maintaining both (bCPAP). Serial tidal breathing measurements may aid weaning from CPAP.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0022-3476
Date of Acceptance:	26 December 2013
Last Modified:	15 Apr 2023 01:20
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/78517

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