Increasing Volume-Targeted Ventilation Use in the NICU. | The Center for Child Health Policy

Hatch LD, Sala C, Araya W, Rivard M, Bolton J, Rivard A, Morris EA, McNeer E, Guttentag SH, Grubb PH, Stark AR, Markham MH. Increasing Volume-Targeted Ventilation Use in the NICU. Pediatrics. 2021 Dec;147(147). PMID: 33863843 [PubMed]

Abstract

In preterm infants who require mechanical ventilation (MV), volume-targeted ventilation (VTV) modes are associated with lower rates of bronchopulmonary dysplasia compared with pressure-limited ventilation. Bronchopulmonary dysplasia rates in our NICU were higher than desired, prompting quality improvement initiatives to improve MV by increasing the use of VTV.