From: Aerosol drug delivery to spontaneously-breathing preterm neonates: lessons learned
 | Premature newborn infant (2 kg)* | Healthy newborn (10 d old) | 7-month-old | 5-year-old | Adult (53-year-old) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
RR, cycles/min | 90 | 44 | 25 | 21 | 12 |
I:E | 1:2.5 | 1:3 | 1:2 | 1:2 | 1:2 |
Ti, s | 0.30 | 0.34 | 0.80 | 0.95 | 1.67 |
Flow, L/min | 2.9 | 3.8 | 6.5 | 11.2 | 18.0 |
VT, mL | 7.4 | 22.0 | 87.0 | 177.0 | 500.0 |
% of adult VT | 1.5 | 4.4 | 17.4 | 35.4 | 100 |
VE, L | 0.66 | 0.96 | 2.17 | 3.71 | 6.00 |