Pressure volume characteristics of the lungs in sudden infant death syndrome

• Published in: Archives of disease in childhood Vol. 60; no. 5; pp. 471 - 485
• Main Authors: Fagan, D G, Milner, A D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health 01.05.1985; BMJ; BMJ Publishing Group LTD
• Subjects: Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Body Height; Clinical death. Palliative care. Organ gift and preservation; Humans; Infant; Infants; Lung - physiopathology; Lung Volume Measurements; Medical sciences; Pressure; SIDS; Sudden Infant Death - physiopathology; Sudden infant death syndrome; Human; Lung volume; Sudden death; Lung; Infant; Pressure; Resuscitation
• ISSN: 0003-9888; 1468-2044
• DOI: 10.1136/adc.60.5.471

Data on the pressure volume characteristics of left lungs obtained from 23 babies dying from sudden infant death syndrome were compared with results from 18 length-matched babies dying from established but primarily non-pulmonary causes. Volume distension at 30 cm of water and deflation flow volume characteristics were very similar in the two groups. These findings do not suggest that babies dying from sudden infant death syndrome have abnormally stiff lungs.