During each period of ventilation, the following were measured; airway temperature, min and max body temperature, number of suctioning attempts, volume of secretions, consistency of secretions, number and volume of saline instilled, water usage, condensate, ventilator settings, minute volume, number of circuit disconnections.
The current trends in commercial refrigeration aim at reducing the synthetic refrigerant charge, either by minimising the internal volume of the circuit or by utilising natural refrigerants, and at energy saving.
Hypotension after connection to the CRRT system was the most common complication; it is more common in children because the extracorporeal volume of the circuit and filter used for CRRT represents 10 to 5% of a patient's blood volume [ 5].
It is possible that, although individually each risk factor is not associated with hypotension, the combination of several risk factors such as the extracorporeal volume of the circuit and filter and the previous hemodynamic alterations could influence the development of hypotension after connection to CRRT.
The final volume of the pressurized circuit was 819 ± 82 mL with a mean haemoglobin value of 70 ± 2 g/L.
The final estimated volume of the pressurised circuit is 668 mL.
The final volume of the pressurised circuit was 668 ± 1.7 ml.
Effective tidal volume was calculated by subtracting the compression volume of the ventilator circuit from the tidal volume.
The priming volume of the ECMO circuit was approximately 400 ml, and the solution consisted of albumin and packed red blood cells.
The final volume of the pressurized circuit was 668 ± 1.7 mL, and the mean hemoglobin value was 64 ± 13 g/L.
