Efficacy of a low-cost bubble CPAP system in treatment of respiratory distress in a neonatal ward in Malawi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kawaza, Kondwani ^a   Machen, Heather E ^b   Brown, Jocelyn ^c   Mwanza, Zondiwe ^a   Iniguez, Suzanne ^d   Gest, Al ^b   Smith, E O'Brian ^b   Oden, Maria ^c   Richards Kortum, Rebecca R ^c   Molyneux, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Rice University   (United States)

^d TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BUBBLE CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OXYGEN THERAPY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE VENTILATOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WARD;

CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALAWI; MALE; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84900461598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086327     Document Type: Article

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