Electrical Impedance Tomography: Monitoring of Pulmonary Ventilation in Pediatric Cardiac Postoperative

Abstract

The electrical impedance tomography (EIT) is a bedside monitoring tool that noninvasively visualizes local ventilation and arguably lung perfusion distribution. Is a non-invasive radiation-free monitoring technique that provides images based on tissue electrical conductivity of the chest [1]. Some studies [2,3] including adult patients have applied EIT in the context of the preoperative, intraoperative period, extending to the postoperative follow-up of several clinical situations. However, so far there are no scientific publications in this context in the pediatric age group.