Pneumothorax in a preterm infant monitored by electrical impedance tomography: a case report

M Miedema; I Frerichs; F H C de Jongh; M B van Veenendaal; A H van Kaam

doi:10.1159/000292626

Pneumothorax in a preterm infant monitored by electrical impedance tomography: a case report

Neonatology. 2011;99(1):10-3. doi: 10.1159/000292626. Epub 2010 Jun 30.

Authors

M Miedema¹, I Frerichs, F H C de Jongh, M B van Veenendaal, A H van Kaam

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neonatology, Emma Children's Hospital AMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

PMID: 20588065
DOI: 10.1159/000292626

Abstract

Electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a noninvasive bedside tool for monitoring regional changes in ventilation. We report, for the first time, the EIT images of a ventilated preterm infant with a unilateral pneumothorax, showing a loss of regional ventilation in the affected lung during both high-frequency oscillation and spontaneous ventilation.

Publication types

Case Reports
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Electric Impedance
Humans
Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Male
Monitoring, Physiologic / methods*
Pneumothorax / diagnosis*
Pneumothorax / physiopathology
Pulmonary Ventilation / physiology
Radiography, Thoracic
Tomography / instrumentation
Tomography / methods*