Continuous non-invasive monitoring of tidal volumes by measurement of tidal impedance in neonatal piglets.

BACKGROUND: Electrical Impedance measurements can be used to estimate the content of intra-thoracic air and thereby give information on pulmonary ventilation. Conventional Impedance measurements mainly indicate relative changes, but no information concerning air-volume is given. The study was perfor...

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Main Authors: Florian Kurth, Fabienne Zinnow, Alexandra Prakapenia, Sabrina Dietl, Stefan Winkler, Sascha Ifflaender, Mario Rüdiger, Wolfram Burkhardt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3110249?pdf=render