Infants in NICU Ventilated With HFV
Conditions
Keywords
HVF, Premature infants, ETCO2
Brief summary
The investigators hypothesize that dEtCO2 measured by the Microstream® technique via a double-lumen ETT in infants ventilated with HFV would be feasible and adequately represent the arterial CO2 (PaCO2).
Detailed description
All infants with double lumen ETT on HFV are eligible.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Carmel Medical Center
Bnai Zion Medical Center
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
1 Minutes to 2 Months
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* All intubated infants with double lumen ETT ventilated with HFV
Exclusion criteria
* Infants ventilated with single lumen ETT
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The investigators primary outcome measure will be to evaluate the accuracy and the correlation of Microstream® dEtCO2 with the gold standard of PaCO2. | A Year |
Countries
Israel
Outcome results
None listed