title: Pneumothorax in a preterm infant monitored by electrical impedance tomography: a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neonatology, Emma Children's Hospital AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miedema
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Frerichs
authors.forename: F H C
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: de Jongh
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: van Veenendaal
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: van Kaam
mesh_terms: 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*