Pneumothorax in a preterm infant monitored by electrical impedance tomography: a case report.
Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a noninvasive bedside tool for monitoring regional changes in ventilation. We report, for the first time, the EIT images of a ventilated preterm infant with a unilateral pneumothorax, showing a loss of regional ventilation in the affected lung during both high-frequency oscillation and spontaneous ventilation.
Miedema
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Department of Neonatology, Emma Children's Hospital AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Frerichs
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de Jongh
F H C
FH
van Veenendaal
M B
MB
van Kaam
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AH
D017097:Electric Impedance; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods*; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012123:Pulmonary Ventilation / Q000502:physiology; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014054:Tomography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*