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VOLUME PRESSURE RELATIONS OF THE LUNGS OF CHILDREN MEASURED DURING THORACOTOMY
Author(s) -
FISK G. C.,
DEAL C. W.
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1970.tb02842.x
Subject(s) - medicine , thoracotomy , compliance (psychology) , pulmonary compliance , pulmonary artery , surgery , anesthesia , cardiology , lung , psychology , social psychology
SYNOPSIS Pulmonary compliance was estimated by direct measurement of the airway pressure in children under 7 years of age during intrathoracic surgery. In patients over 12 months of age the compliance, measured at the beginning of operation, increased with age, weight, height and surface area. In patients under the age of 12 months pulmonary compliance was markedly lower in those with very large pulmonary to systemic flow ratios when compared with the other patients. In 5 of 14 patients who underwent banding of the pulmonary artery there was a marked increase in compliance measured just after the operation.