Signs: Inter-costal in-drawing, tracheal tugging
Baby: Blobbing of head
The amount of energy or O2 consumption needed by the respiratory muscles to produce enough ventilation and respiration to meet the metabolic demands of the body.
WOB is defined as the cumulative product of distending pressure and the given volume displaced during inhalation or exhalation
Work of Breathing: Breathing and Lung Mechanics – Physiology | Lecturio