Potential hazards of the Neopuff: using appropriate gas flow
- C J Morley1,2,3,
- G M Schmölzer1,2,3,
- P G Davis1,2,3
- 1Neonatal Services, The Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
- 2Murdoch Children Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
- 3Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- Correspondence to Professor C Morley, 23 High Street, Great Shelford, Cambridge CB22 5EH, UK; colin{at}morleys.net
- Accepted 6 August 2009
Regarding Potential hazard of the Neopuff (see page 461),1 Dr Hawkes is right: if a gas flow meter is used with the Neopuff that will deliver very high flows when turned up to its maximum flow, which may be over 80 l/min, when the flow is increased above the set level dangerously high levels of PIP and PEEP will be delivered.
What is not commonly known is that some flow meters used in neonatal care that are marked to deliver a flow from 0 to 15 l/min can deliver flows up to 80 …
