Abstract
Background and Aims: Hypocarbia in preterm infants affects neurodevelopmental outcome. We showed by repeated audit that preterm ventilated infants were routinely running low CO2 ( 7.5). table Conclusions: Volume limitation successfully reduced the number of blood gases with very low levels of pCO2 where education had failed. This was achieved without any increase in gases with a high pCO2. This method has been easily understood by a team experienced only in pressure limited ventilation. Other units that currently pressure ventilate may like to consider this method of helping to achieve targeted CO2 values without the need to switch to volume ventilation.
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