T-piece resuscitators: how do they compare?
T-piece resuscitator
inadvertent PEEP
newborn
resuscitation
Journal
Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition
ISSN: 1468-2052
Titre abrégé: Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9501297
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2019
Mar 2019
Historique:
received:
23
01
2018
revised:
09
04
2018
accepted:
18
04
2018
pubmed:
8
5
2018
medline:
7
3
2019
entrez:
6
5
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The T-piece resuscitator (TPR) has seen increased use as a primary resuscitation device with newborns. Traditional TPR design uses a high resistance expiratory valve to produce positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) or continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) at resuscitation. A new TPR device that uses a dual flow ratio valve (fluidic flip) to produce PEEP/CPAP is now available (rPAP). We aimed to compare the measured ventilation performance of different TPR devices in a controlled bench test study. Single operator provided positive pressure ventilation to an incremental testlung compliance (Crs) model (0.5-5 mL/cmH 1864 inflations were analysed. Four of the five devices tested demonstrated inadvertent elevations in mean PEEP (5.5-10.3 cmH Results show important variation in delivered ventilation from set values due to inherent TPR device design characteristics with a range of lung compliances expected at birth. Device-generated inadvertent PEEP and overdelivery of PIP may be clinically deleterious for term and preterm newborns or infants with larger Crs during resuscitation.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
The T-piece resuscitator (TPR) has seen increased use as a primary resuscitation device with newborns. Traditional TPR design uses a high resistance expiratory valve to produce positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) or continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) at resuscitation. A new TPR device that uses a dual flow ratio valve (fluidic flip) to produce PEEP/CPAP is now available (rPAP). We aimed to compare the measured ventilation performance of different TPR devices in a controlled bench test study.
DESIGN/METHODS
METHODS
Single operator provided positive pressure ventilation to an incremental testlung compliance (Crs) model (0.5-5 mL/cmH
RESULTS
RESULTS
1864 inflations were analysed. Four of the five devices tested demonstrated inadvertent elevations in mean PEEP (5.5-10.3 cmH
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Results show important variation in delivered ventilation from set values due to inherent TPR device design characteristics with a range of lung compliances expected at birth. Device-generated inadvertent PEEP and overdelivery of PIP may be clinically deleterious for term and preterm newborns or infants with larger Crs during resuscitation.
Identifiants
pubmed: 29728414
pii: archdischild-2018-314860
doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2018-314860
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
F122-F127Informations de copyright
© Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2019. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests: TD is one of the inventors of the rPAP system and was not involved in collection of data or its analysis.