title: Effects of continuous distending pressure on lung volumes and lung mechanics in the immediate neonatal period.
abstract: The effects of CPAP and CNEP on lung mechanics and lung volumes were investigated in a group of 12 healthy newborn infants. Both resulted in a mild suppression of respiration. The fall in TPR50 was far greater during CPAP than during CNEP. Both led to a one third fall in dynamic compliance. Approximately 50% of the distending pressure was transmitted to the mediastinal structures whether applied as CPAP or CNEP.
mesh_terms: D000403:Airway Resistance; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008170:Lung Compliance; D008176:Lung Volume Measurements; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration / Q000009:adverse effects; D012119:Respiration; D013990:Tidal Volume