OPEN FORUM #13
Neonatal/Pediatrics—Part I
Wednesday December 8, 2010
3:00 P.M.–4:55 P.M.
Room N239/N241
1. Pediatric Respiratory Therapists’ Performance as a Rapid Response Team First Responder for an Infant in Respiratory Distress: a Video Review—Julianne Perretta MSEd, Baltimore MD
2. Nasal CPAP for Initial Stabilization in Very Low Birth Weight Infants—Heloisa Georgiev, Orlando FL
3. Respiratory Therapist Role in Mouth Care as an Effort to Combat Ventilator Associated Respiratory Infections—Rhonda Schum AAS, Cincinnati OH
4. Air Transport With Inhaled Nitric Oxide in Chile—Rodrigo Adasme Lic, Santiago Metropolitana Chile
5. Quality Improvement Project: Tolerability and Efficacy of Three Devises Used for Early Lung Recruitment—Daniel Woodhead, Ogden UT
6. Influenza Pediatric Patient With Acute Lung Injury Weaned With Airway Pressure Release Ventilation: a Case Study—Tammy Schultz BS RRT, Rochester MN
7. A Bench Evaluation of Tidal Volume Delivery Through Various Nasal Interfaces Using Non-Invasive Percussive High Frequency Nasal CPAP—Charles Hoydu MBA, Salt Lake City UT
8. Is It More Advantageous to Administer Surfactant to Premature Infants in the Delivery Room or Wait Until Admission to the NICU? —Khin-Kyemon Aung, Mayfield Heights OH
9. Comparison of Neonate Tidal Volumes in Time Cycled Pressure Limited or Volume Targeted Ventilation During the First 48 Hours of Life—John Emberger Jr BS RRT, Newark DE
10. Airway (Paw) and Lung Model (Plung) Pressure Stability in Two Nasal Bubble Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (B-CPAP) Systems—Dave Crotwell RRT-NPS, Seattle WA
11. Tidal Volume Precision of Neonatal Volume-Targeted Spontaneous Modes in an Active and Passive Infant Lung Model—Dave Crotwell RRT-NPS, Seattle WA
12. Effect of Circuit Variations on Tidal Volume Delivery During High Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation—Christine Kearney RRT, Durham NC
13. A Novel Means for Delivering Nasal Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation (NIPPV) in Infants: the Nasal Cannula—Rob DiBlasi RRT-NPS, Seattle WA
14. What Are the Effects of Different Bubble Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (B-CPAP) Systems on the Magnitude of Oscillations in Lung Volume While Using a Realistic Airway/Lung Model of Preterm Infants?—Rob DiBlasi RRT-NPS, Seattle WA
15. Case Series Report of a Rapid Deployment Low Resource Model for Pediatric Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Transport—Bradley Kuch, Pittsburgh PA