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

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...