Volume Targetted Mechanical Ventilation of Newborns Maintains More Stable Tidal Volume but Does Not Prevent Hypocarbia in the First 24 Hours of Life

Abstract 1807 Poster Session I, Saturday, 5/1 (poster 32)

Rapid changes in lung compliance in ventilated preterm infants may result in excessive tidal volume (TV) leading to volutrauma and hypocarbia. Volume-targeted ventilatory modes servo-regulate peak pressure in response to changing compliance to deliver a target TV. We hypothesized that the volume-targeted mode would maintain the TV and PaCO2 within a target range of 4-6 ml/kg and 35-45 torr, respectively, more consistently than conventional modes.

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