Appropriate positive end expiratory pressure level in surfactant-treated preterm infants

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 158, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 888-891

  Dimitriou, G ^a   Greenough, A ^a   Laubscher, B ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lung volume; Mechanical ventilation; Positive end expiratory pressure; Respiratory distress syndrome

Indexed keywords

LUNG SURFACTANT;

ARTERIAL GAS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG VOLUME; NEWBORN; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; PULMONARY SURFACTANTS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0032871113     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004310051235     Document Type: Article

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