David G Tingay1,2,3,4, Olivia Farrell1,2, Jessica Thomson1,2, Elizabeth J Perkins1, Prue M Pereira-Fantini1,2, Andreas D Waldmann5, Christoph Rüegger4, Andy Adler6, Peter G Davis4, Inéz Frerichs7. 1. Neonatal Research, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia. 2. Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. 3. Neonatology, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. 4. Neonatal Research, The Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. 5. Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Rostock University Medical Center, Germany. 6. Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; and. 7. Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
Abstract
Rationale: The transition to air breathing at birth is a seminal respiratory event common to all humans, but the intrathoracic processes remain poorly understood. Objectives: The objectives of this prospective, observational study were to describe the spatiotemporal gas flow, aeration, and ventilation patterns within the lung in term neonates undergoing successful respiratory transition. Methods: Electrical impedance tomography was used to image intrathoracic volume patterns for every breath until 6 minutes from birth in neonates born by elective cesearean section and not needing resuscitation. Breaths were classified by video data, and measures of lung aeration, tidal flow conditions, and intrathoracic volume distribution calculated for each inflation. Measurements and Main Results: A total of 1,401 breaths from 17 neonates met all eligibility and data analysis criteria. Stable FRC was obtained by median (interquartile range) 43 (21-77) breaths. Breathing patterns changed from predominantly crying (80.9% first min) to tidal breathing (65.3% sixth min). From birth, tidal ventilation was not uniform within the lung, favoring the right and nondependent regions; P < 0.001 versus left and dependent regions (mixed-effects model). Initial crying created a unique volumetric pattern with delayed midexpiratory gas flow associated with intrathoracic volume redistribution (pendelluft flow) within the lung. This preserved FRC, especially within the dorsal and right regions. Conclusions: The commencement of air breathing at birth generates unique flow and volume states associated with marked spatiotemporal ventilation inhomogeneity not seen elsewhere in respiratory physiology. At birth, neonates innately brake expiratory flow to defend FRC gains and redistribute gas to less aerated regions.
Rationale: The transition to air breathing at birth is a seminal respiratory event common to all humans, but the intrathoracic processes remain poorly understood. Objectives: The objectives of this prospective, observational study were to describe the spatiotemporal gas flow, aeration, and ventilation patterns within the lung in term neonates undergoing successful respiratory transition. Methods: Electrical impedance tomography was used to image intrathoracic volume patterns for every breath until 6 minutes from birth in neonates born by elective cesearean section and not needing resuscitation. Breaths were classified by video data, and measures of lung aeration, tidal flow conditions, and intrathoracic volume distribution calculated for each inflation. Measurements and Main Results: A total of 1,401 breaths from 17 neonates met all eligibility and data analysis criteria. Stable FRC was obtained by median (interquartile range) 43 (21-77) breaths. Breathing patterns changed from predominantly crying (80.9% first min) to tidal breathing (65.3% sixth min). From birth, tidal ventilation was not uniform within the lung, favoring the right and nondependent regions; P < 0.001 versus left and dependent regions (mixed-effects model). Initial crying created a unique volumetric pattern with delayed midexpiratory gas flow associated with intrathoracic volume redistribution (pendelluft flow) within the lung. This preserved FRC, especially within the dorsal and right regions. Conclusions: The commencement of air breathing at birth generates unique flow and volume states associated with marked spatiotemporal ventilation inhomogeneity not seen elsewhere in respiratory physiology. At birth, neonates innately brake expiratory flow to defend FRC gains and redistribute gas to less aerated regions.
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