Pulmonary graphics – An insight into newborn lung on ventilator

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Neonatal care with technology has brought down mortality and morbidity in the world. More and more pre-term neonates are seeing the world with a quality life. Advanced software is used in the ventilators to check the breath-to-breath variability in the care of sick neonates. The anatomical and physiological aspects of a neonatal lung are essential before understanding and analysing the waves on the monitor. Constant monitoring of both the baby and the waves of lung mechanics is essential in clinical decision-making. Having a sophisticated machine with the graphics of lung mechanics is of no use if the clinician is incapable of correctly interpreting the waves. The pulmonary graphics is the graphical representation of the lung similar to the electrocardiogram and electroencephalogram routinely used to know the physiology of the heart and brain. With this background, the pulmonary graphics are dealt with simply, and therefore, the reader can understand the pulmonary graph well and use it efficiently in the care of sick neonates. The incorporation of microprocessors and sensors into the ventilators has made the clinician monitor lung function continuously in real time. The three basic parameters of the respiratory system – the pressure, the flow, and the volume – are visualised online. This can be utilised along with the clinical data, the blood gas, and the chest Roentgenogram.

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