PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Steven M Donn
AU  - Win Boon
TI  - Mechanical Ventilation of the Neonate: Should We Target Volume or Pressure?
DP  - 2009 Sep 01
TA  - Respiratory Care
PG  - 1236--1243
VI  - 54
IP  - 9
4099  - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/54/9/1236.short
4100  - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/54/9/1236.full
AB  - For more than 40 years conventional mechanical ventilation has been used for the treatment of neonatal respiratory failure. Until relatively recently, this was accomplished with time-cycled pressure-limited ventilation, using intermittent mandatory ventilation. Earlier attempts at volume-targeted ventilation were largely ineffective because of technological limitations. The advent of microprocessor-based devices gives the clinician an option to choose either target variable to treat neonatal patients. This paper reviews the principles of each and the accumulated evidence.