1. Neonatal helmet-continuous positive airway pressure in preterm infants
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Nicoletta Doglioni, Nicoletta Grazzina, and Daniele Trevisanuto
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Mechanical ventilation ,Respiratory distress ,business.industry ,Lung disease ,Anesthesia ,medicine.medical_treatment ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Medicine ,In patient ,Continuous positive airway pressure ,business ,nervous system diseases ,respiratory tract diseases - Abstract
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is increasingly being used in the care of premature infants [1], [2]. CPAP is effectively used in patients immediately after extubation to prevent atelectasia, and to reduce apnoea episodes and the need for re-intubation [3]. In addition, in the centres adopting an ‘early CPAP approach’ for the treatment of infants with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), the incidence of chronic lung disease appears lower in comparison with those using mechanical ventilation [4], [5].
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- 2007
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