Leak during Manual Neonatal Ventilation and Its Effect on the Delivered Pressures and Volumes: An in vitro Study
Neonatology, 07/11/2012
Hartung JC et al. – The decrease in peak inflation pressure (PIP) and positive end–expiratory pressure (PEEP) with increasing leak is RR dependent and distinctly higher when using an SIB compared to a T–piece device. In contrast to Vt delivered with the SIB, Vt delivered by the T–piece resuscitator was nearly constant even for leaks up to 90%.
