Options for ventilating the pediatric patient. Part 3. Circuits and humidification systems.
How important is the ventilator circuit and the humidification system? What problems are created by relatively high compliance circuits? Is circuit volume "steal" important when the level of water in the humidifier changes? What is the state of the art for pediatric ventilators?
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012138:Respiratory Therapy / Q000295:instrumentation*