121 VALIDATION OF A HOT WIRE ANENCMETER IN OBTAINING RESPIRATORY SYSTEM COMPLIANCE IN INTUBATED INFANTS

We validated the use of hot wire anenometry (NVM Bear Corp) to derive respiratory complicance in intubated infants, against the gold standard (GS) of single breath occlusion values in the same infants. Tidal flow was measured by hot wire anenometry; enabling an integral volume to be obtained. The quotient of volume and the inflation pressure amplitude of the ventilator provided respiratory system compliance. To ensure fully passive expiration, …