[Peculiarities of respiratory mechanical studies in spontaneously breathing newborn infants. 3: Practical experiences with respiratory mechanical studies in premature and newborn infants].

The experiences with three different measuring devices for the analysis of respiratory physiology in spontaneously breathing newborns are reported, the construction and the properties of the measuring devices are described, the preparations and the performance of the analysis are explained. Finally, the suitability of each of the measuring devices for the routine application is valuated. The equipments are suitable for the bed-side long-term measurement of mechanics of breathing under spontaneous and CPAP-respiration in order to use the advantages of the analysis of the respiratory physiology for the prophylaxis, therapy and metaphylaxis especially in the neonatology.