Air trapping | 4 | (1) Decreased rate and PIP | Stopped gas trapping |
(2) Decreased rate and PEEP | Stopped gas trapping, reduced Fio2 |
(3) Decreased rate and Ti | Improved TcPco2 |
(4)Decreased rate, Ti, and PIP | Improved gas trapping, normalised TcPco2 |
ETT leak | 4 | (1) Ventilator circuit changed | Leak ablated |
(2) ETT position changed | Leak ablated |
(3) ETT leak accepted | No change |
(4) ETT Leak accepted | No change |
Asynchronous interaction between the baby and the ventilator | 3 | (1) Noted | Improved with increased Vt, TcPco2 improved |
(2) Rate increased | Synchrony |
(3) Morphine given | Synchrony, TcPco2 normalised |
Inappropriately low expired Vt | 5 | (1) PIP increased | TcPco2 normalised |
(2) PIP increased | TcPco2 improved |
(3) Air trapping reduced | Improved Vt and TcPco2 |
(4) Leak ablated | Improved Vt |
(5) PIP increased, synchrony improved | Vt improved |
Inappropriately high expired Vt | 3 | (1) PIP reduced | Vt reduced |
(2) PIP and Ti reduced | Vt reduced |
(3) PIP and Ti reduced | Vt reduced |
Low MV | 1 | ETT position | MV normalised |
High MV | 1 | Rate reduced | Arrived at destination before result |
Long Ti | 1 | Ti reduced | |
Short Ti | 1 | Ti increased | |