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ArticleFrontiers in pediatrics2022

Adjusting ventilator settings to avoid air trapping in extremely premature infants reduces the need for tracheostomy and length of stay.

Ibrahim Sammour, Steven M Conlon, Sarah E Bauer, Gregory S Montgomery, A Ioana Cristea, Rebecca S Rose

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Article in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Toward precision for bronchopulmonary dysplasia: Moving past current definitions.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ibrahim SammourDivision of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Steven M ConlonDivision of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Sarah E BauerDivision of Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Gregory S MontgomeryDivision of Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
A Ioana CristeaDivision of Pulmonology, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Rebecca S RoseDivision of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the improving understanding of how lung mechanics and tidal volume requirements evolve during the evolution of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), clinical management continues to be heterogeneous and inconsistent at many institutions. Recent reports have examined the use of high tidal-volume low respiratory rate strategies in these patients once disease has been well established to help facilitate their eventual extubation and improve their long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes. In this retrospective observational research study, we describe how intentional adjustment of ventilator settings based on patient lung mechanics by an interdisciplinary BPD team improved the care of the at-risk population of infants, reduced the need for tracheostomies, as well as length of stay over a period of over 3 years. The team aimed to establish consistency in the management of these children using a high tidal volume, low-rate approach, and titrating PEEP to address the autoPEEP and bronchomalacia that is frequently observed in this patient population.

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PMID36644404
PMCPMC9837103
OpenAlexW4313362354

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