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Prematurity/Extreme Prematurity

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A 2-week-old male, 900 g, born at 27 weeks gestational age is scheduled emergently for exploratory laparotomy for free air in the abdomen. Vital signs are BP = 50/30 mmHg, P = 185 bpm, T = 36.2°C. His hemoglobin is 13.0 g/dL. He is intubated with a 2.5 mm oral endotracheal tube. Ventilator settings are FiO2 = 0.5, RR = 30/min, PEEP = 3 cm H2O, PIP = 28 cm H2O.

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  1. Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Robert S. Holzman (Senior Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia, Associate Professor of Anaesthesia), Thomas J. Mancuso (Senior Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia, Critical Care Medicine and Pain Medicine, Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia), Navil F. Sethna (Senior Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Associate Professor of Anaesthesia) & James A. DiNardo (Senior Associate in Cardiac Anesthesia, Associate Professor of Anaesthesia)

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Holzman, R.S., Mancuso, T.J., Sethna, N.F., DiNardo, J.A. (2010). Prematurity/Extreme Prematurity. In: Pediatric Anesthesiology Review. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1617-4_8

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