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[The "Emona" anaesthetic baby system (author's transl)]. 1977

M Pecan

A paediatric breathing system, called the Emona system has been devised because commercially available anaesthetic baby systems used in head and neck surgery did not give satisfactory results. The system provides for fresh gas inflow while the expiratory path is positioned close to the patient. A precise description and schematic presentation of its action is given. The efficiency of the Emona system was tested in 65 infants and children using blood gas analyses. Furthermore, CO2 analyses of mixed expired and inspired gases, as well as some measurements applying the respiratory nomogram, were carried out. The efficiency of the Emona system is compared with results of some other baby systems (Jackson-Rees and Ruben's systems). The problems of paediatric anaesthetic systems are discussed and the dilemma of normal values for some respiratory parameters in children exposed. The results show that the Emona system is particularly advantageous in manually controlled ventilation in comparison to the results of other authors applying mechanical respiratory support.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D012016	Reference Values	The range or frequency distribution of a measurement in a population (of organisms, organs or things) that has not been selected for the presence of disease or abnormality.	Normal Range,Normal Values,Reference Ranges,Normal Ranges,Normal Value,Range, Normal,Range, Reference,Ranges, Normal,Ranges, Reference,Reference Range,Reference Value,Value, Normal,Value, Reference,Values, Normal,Values, Reference
D012119	Respiration	The act of breathing with the LUNGS, consisting of INHALATION, or the taking into the lungs of the ambient air, and of EXHALATION, or the expelling of the modified air which contains more CARBON DIOXIDE than the air taken in (Blakiston's Gould Medical Dictionary, 4th ed.). This does not include tissue respiration (	Breathing
D012121	Respiration, Artificial	Any method of artificial breathing that employs mechanical or non-mechanical means to force the air into and out of the lungs. Artificial respiration or ventilation is used in individuals who have stopped breathing or have RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY to increase their intake of oxygen (O2) and excretion of carbon dioxide (CO2).	Ventilation, Mechanical,Mechanical Ventilation,Artificial Respiration,Artificial Respirations,Mechanical Ventilations,Respirations, Artificial,Ventilations, Mechanical
D012122	Ventilators, Mechanical	Mechanical devices used to produce or assist pulmonary ventilation.	Mechanical Ventilator,Mechanical Ventilators,Respirators,Ventilators, Pulmonary,Pulmonary Ventilator,Pulmonary Ventilators,Ventilator, Pulmonary,Ventilators,Respirator,Ventilator,Ventilator, Mechanical
D001784	Blood Gas Analysis	Measurement of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood.	Analysis, Blood Gas,Analyses, Blood Gas,Blood Gas Analyses,Gas Analyses, Blood,Gas Analysis, Blood
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000776	Anesthesiology	A specialty concerned with the study of anesthetics and anesthesia.