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Table 1 Ventilator settings and blood gas analysis results

From: Differential lung ventilation via tracheostomy using two endotracheal tubes in an infant: a case report

  

Day of DLV

First day

Second day

Third day

Fourth day

Fifth day

Right lung

Mode of ventilation

PRVC

PRVC

PRVC

PRVC

PRVC

PEEP, cmH2O

5

6

6

5

5

VT, ml/kg

6

7

7.5

6.5

6

Rate, breaths/minute

15

15

15

15

15

TI, seconds

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

0.6

FiO2, %

100

75

65

65

60

Left lung

Mode of ventilation

HFOV

HFOV

HFOV

HFOV

HFOV

MAP, cmH2O

20

23.5

22

20

17.5

Amplitude, cmH2O

47

51

53

48

42

Frequency, Hz

7

7

7

7

7

TI, %

33

33

33

33

33

FiO2, %

100

75

65

65

60

Blood gas analysis

pH

7.15

7.22

7.27

7.45

7.42

pCO2, mmHg

81.8

70.2

67.2

58.6

51.8

pO2, mmHg

28.4

42.8

58.2

44.6

56.6

HCO3 , mEq/L

28.2

31.7

32.8

38.6

35.5

BD or BE

−1.5

3.5

8.2

7.9

6.5

SpO2, %

65

87

90

92

96

  1. Abbreviations: BD Base deficit, BE Base excess, cmH 2 O centimeter of water, FiO 2 Fraction of inspired oxygen, HCO 3 Bicarbonate, HFOV High-frequency oscillatory ventilation, Hz hertz, MAP Mean airway pressure, mmHg millimeter of mercury, PEEP Positive end-expiratory pressure, pCO 2 Partial pressure of carbon dioxide, pH potential of hydrogen, pO 2 Partial pressure of oxygen, PIP Positive inspiratory pressure, PRVC Pressure-regulated volume control, SpO 2 saturation of oxygen, TI Inspiratory time, V T Tidal volume