RAPID COMMUNICATION
Assessment of
Exhaled Gases in Ventilated Preterm Infants
P. Hitka1, M. Černý3,
M. Vízek1, J. Wilhelm2, P. Zoban3
1Department
of Pathophysiology, 2Department of Medical Chemistry and
Biochemistry, 3Department of Neonatology, Second Faculty of
Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
Received January 20, 2004
Accepted March 3, 2004
Summary
Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)
production in exhaled air was measured in ventilated preterm newborns at
5, 24 and 48 hours after delivery, using originally designed method of
exhaled breath condensate (EBC) collection. H2O2
production in expired gas was 812±34 pmol/20 min during the first
measurement and then declined to 389±21 at 24 hours and 259±26 pmol/20 min
at 48 hours.
Key words
Exhaled breath condensate
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Hydrogen peroxide ·
Ventilated newborns
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