title: Volume-limited and volume-targeted ventilation.
abstract: This article shows that volume-targeted ventilation is physiologically more logical than pressure-limited ventilation, and is associated with a reduced risk of pneumothorax, hypocarbia, duration of ventilation, death or bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and severe intraventricular hemorrhage. Therefore, it should now be adopted as the main mode for mechanical ventilation of preterm neonates.
authors.affiliation: Neonatal Research, The Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, 23 High Street, Great Shelford, Cambridge CB22 5EH, United Kingdom. colin@morleys.net
authors.forename: Colin J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Morley
mesh_terms: D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008170:Lung Compliance; D008176:Lung Volume Measurements; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D013990:Tidal Volume / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide