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Intensive Care Medicine
Published in: Intensive Care Medicine 6/2009

01-06-2009 | Correspondence

Comment on “Adult ICU ventilators to provide neonatal ventilation: a lung simulator study”

Authors: Matteo Fontana, Antoine Payot, Sylvain Morneau, Philippe Jouvet

Published in: Intensive Care Medicine | Issue 6/2009

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Marchese et al. studied the performances of five ventilators designed to ventilate patients of all ages and sizes from neonates to adults [1]. They concluded that all ventilators were able to equal the performance of a specific neonatal ventilator (Babylog 8000 plus). Although we agree with those conclusions, we would like to comment on two points raised by this manuscript: trigger characteristics and the reproducibility of the tests. …
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Metadata
Title
Comment on “Adult ICU ventilators to provide neonatal ventilation: a lung simulator study”
Authors
Matteo Fontana
Antoine Payot
Sylvain Morneau
Philippe Jouvet
Publication date
01-06-2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Intensive Care Medicine / Issue 6/2009
Print ISSN: 0342-4642
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1238
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-009-1474-8

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