Impact of extensive negative pressure wound therapy on neonatal respiration: A case report

Ichiro Osawa; Norihiko Tsuboi; Nobuyuki Nosaka; Nao Nishimura; Satoshi Nakagawa

doi:10.1002/ccr3.5008

Impact of extensive negative pressure wound therapy on neonatal respiration: A case report

Clin Case Rep. 2021 Oct 25;9(10):e05008. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5008. eCollection 2021 Oct.

Authors

Ichiro Osawa¹, Norihiko Tsuboi¹, Nobuyuki Nosaka^{1

2}, Nao Nishimura¹, Satoshi Nakagawa¹

Affiliations

¹ Critical Care Medicine Department of Critical Care and Anesthesia National Center for Child Health and Development Setagaya-ku Japan.
² Department of Intensive Care Medicine Tokyo Medical and Dental University Bunkyo-ku Japan.

Abstract

An extensive topical negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) from the abdominal to chest walls in neonates may decrease the compliance of the chest wall. Therefore, it is important to monitor respiratory function carefully during the procedure.

Keywords: chest wall compliance; negative pressure wound therapy; neonate; respiratory system compliance.

Publication types

Case Reports