Is continuous positive airway pressure a feasible treatment modality for neonates with respiratory distress syndrome in a rural district hospital?

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 348-351

  Hendriks, Hans ^a   Kirsten, Gert F ^b   Voss, Miranda ^c   Conradie, Hofmeyer ^c  

^a Ceres District Hospital   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Continuous positive airway pressure; Neonatal respiratory distress; Rural health services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COST CONTROL; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84928981947     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmu025     Document Type: Article

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