title: Real-time pulmonary graphics.
abstract: Real-time pulmonary graphics now enable clinicians to view lung mechanics and patient-ventilator interactions on a breath-to-breath basis. Displays of pressure, volume, and flow waveforms, pressure-volume and flow-volume loops, and trend screens enable clinicians to customize ventilator settings based on the underlying pathophysiology and responses of the individual patient. This article reviews the basic concepts of pulmonary graphics and demonstrates how they contribute to our understanding of respiratory physiology and the management of neonatal respiratory failure.
authors: Children's Hospitals & Clinics of Minnesota - St Paul and Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. Electronic address: mamme001@umn.edu.
authors: Mark C
authors: MC
authors: Mammel
authors: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
authors: Steven M
authors: SM
authors: Donn
mesh_terms: D003196:Computer Graphics; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012143:Respiratory Physiological Phenomena
keywords: Flow; Graphics; Neonatal; Pressure; Respiratory; Ventilation; Volume