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Respiratory Failure in Children - Nemours

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RESPIRATORY FAILUREDevelopmental Physiology# Conduct<strong>in</strong>g Airways relatively smaller 1st 5 years.# Cartilage spread to segmental bronchus, 12 w gest.# Alveoli: fewer, smaller, less surface area /BSA# Neonates, Premies: Pause, Apnea, Flat CO2 response,Decrease V to hypoxia# Chest wall compliant: deforms, wastes effort.

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