General Principles
Larger Body Surface Area to Mass Ratio
Higher Metabolic Rate
Immature Blood-Brain Barrier
Thin Skin
Proximity and Behaviors
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Selected References
ARDSNet. Ventilation with lower tidal volumes as compared with traditional tidal volumes for acute lung injury and the acute respiratory distress syndrome. The Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network. N Engl J Med. 2000 May 4;342(18):1301-8.
Patel HN, Miyoshi T, Addetia K, Henry MP, Citro R, Daimon M, Gutierrez Fajardo P, Kasliwal RR, Kirkpatrick JN, Monaghan MJ, Muraru D, Ogunyankin KO, Park SW, Ronderos RE, Sadeghpour A, Scalia GM, Takeuchi M, Tsang W, Tucay ES, Tude Rodrigues AC, Vivekanandan A, Zhang Y, Schreckenberg M, Blankenhagen M, Degel M, Rossmanith A, Mor-Avi V, Asch FM, Lang RM; WASE Investigators. Normal Values of Cardiac Output and Stroke Volume According to Measurement Technique, Age, Sex, and Ethnicity: Results of the World Alliance of Societies of Echocardiography Study. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2021 Oct;34(10):1077-1085.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2021.05.012. Epub 2021 May 25. PMID: 34044105; PMCID: PMC9149664.
