Effect of body position on ventilation distribution in healthy newborn infants: an observational study.

Marika RahtuInéz FrerichsTytti PokkaTobias BecherOuti PeltoniemiMerja Kallio

Published in: Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition (2023)

Prone or lateral body positioning in healthy spontaneously breathing newborns leads to a redistribution of ventilation to the non-dependent lung regions and at the same time global tidal volume is reduced as compared with supine.

Keyphrases

respiratory failure
mechanical ventilation
pregnant women
minimally invasive
carbon dioxide
low birth weight
cord blood
intensive care unit
preterm infants
acute respiratory distress syndrome
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation