Is the use of early nasal CPAP associated with lower rates of chronic lung disease and retinopathy of prematurity? Nine years of experience with the Vermont Oxford Neonatal Network

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 60-66

  Kirchner, Lieselotte ^a   Weninger, Manfred ^a   Unterasinger, Lukas ^a   Birnbacher, Robert ^a   Hayde, Michael ^a   Krepler, Reinhard ^b   Poullak, Arnold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chronic lung disease; Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP); Retinopathy of prematurity; Very low birth weight infants

Indexed keywords

SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; EXPERIENCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; OXYGEN THERAPY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

AUSTRIA; BRONCHOPULMONARY DYSPLASIA; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 13844280831     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/JPM.2005.010     Document Type: Article

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