Mechanical Power in Pediatric Mechanical Ventilation

Mechanical power is the amount of energy transferred to the respiratory system of patients during each breath period. After overcoming the resistances required for respiration, the remaining energy may end up by damaging the lung parenchyma. Promising studies are showing that this amount of energy, which can be calculated mathematically, can be used as a single indicator instead of the limits used for barotrauma, volu-trauma, or atelecto-trauma in adult patients. However, the MP limit that should not be exceeded in pediatric patients is not yet clear. In this study, we present our MP calculations in pediatric anesthesia