title: [The choice of a pediatric anesthesia ventilator].
abstract: The technology of anesthesia ventilators has substantially progressed during last years. The choice of a pediatric anesthesia ventilator needs to be led by multiple parameters: requirement, technical (pneumatic performance, velocity of halogenated or oxygen delivery), cost (purchase, in operation, preventive and curative maintenance), reliability, ergonomy, upgradability, and compatibility. The demonstration of the interest of pressure support mode during maintenance of spontaneous ventilation anesthesia makes this mode essential in pediatrics. In contrast, the financial impact of target controlled inhalation of halogenated has not be studied in pediatrics. Paradoxically, complex and various available technologies had not been much prospectively studied. Anesthesia ventilators performances in pediatrics need to be clarified in further clinical and bench test studies.
authors.affiliation: EA 4564 MATN, IFR 150, département d'anesthésie et de réanimation, CHRU Toulouse Purpan, place du Docteur-Baylac, TSA 40031, 31059 Toulouse cedex 9, France. Electronic address: kern.d@chu-toulouse.fr.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kern
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Larcher
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cottron
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ait Aissa
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fesseau
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Alacoque
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Delort
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Masquère
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Agnès
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Visnadi
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Fourcade
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods; D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002648:Child; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007385:Intermittent Positive-Pressure Ventilation; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical / Q000191:economics
chemical_list: D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation
keywords: Anesthesia; Anesthésie; Banc test; Bench test; Children; Enfant; Respirateur; Ventilator