RT Book, Section
A1 Ved, Sudha
A2 Freeman, Brian S.
A2 Berger, Jeffrey S.
SR Print(0)
ID 1135741950
T1 Pediatric Anesthesia: Equipment
T2 Anesthesiology Core Review: Part Two Advanced Exam
YR 2016
FD 2016
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259641770
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1135741950
RD 2024/04/25
AB The  delivery  of  a  precise  and  safe  mixture  of  oxygen  and  anesthetic  gases  to  a  pediatric  patient,  followed  by  the  removal  of  carbon  dioxide  (CO2),  presents  unique  challenges.  Important  issues  to  consider  are  the  size  of  the  child  (from  a  1000-g  newborn  to  a  100-kg  adolescent),  the  means  of  providing  humidity  and  preventing  heat  loss,  apparatus  dead  space,  resistance,  and  work  of  breathing,  and  preventing  rebreathing.  Since  1998,  the  biggest  advance  in  pediatric  anesthesia  has  been  the  replacement  of  Mapleson  and  traditional  circle  breathing  systems  with  the  new  anesthesia  workstations.  The  modern  anesthesia  machine  is  able  to  precisely  deliver  small  tidal  volumes  (TVs)  accurately  by  compensating  for  breathing  circuit  compliance  and  changes  in  fresh  gas  flow  with  ventilators  that  can  precisely  deliver  small  volumes  at  high  rates.