Nasal CPAP treatment in an infant with respiratory syncytial virus- associated apnea

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 218-221

  McNamara, Frances ^a   Sullivan, Colin E ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nasal continuous positive airway pressure; Obstructive apnea; REM sleep; Respiratory syncytial virus

Indexed keywords

ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BREATHING PATTERN; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NONREM SLEEP; NOSE BREATHING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REM SLEEP; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP PATTERN;

HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MASKS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS INFECTIONS; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES;

EID: 0030961130     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0496(199709)24:3<218::AID-PPUL8>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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