Home-made continuous positive airways pressure device may reduce mortality in neonates with respiratory distress in low-resource setting

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 343-347

  Daga, Subhashchandra ^a   Mhatre, Sameer ^a   Borhade, Anushree ^a   Khan, Danish ^a  

^a Maharashtra Institute of Medical Education and Research (MIMER Medical College)   (India)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CPAP DEVICE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOME MADE CPAP DEVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORTALITY; OXYGEN THERAPY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SILVERMAN ANDERSON RETRACTION SCORE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADULT; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84928993776     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmu023     Document Type: Article

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