Outcomes of patients with respiratory distress treated with bubble CPAP on a pediatric ward in Malawi

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 421-427

  Machen, Heather E ^a   Mwanza, Zondiwe V ^b   Brown, Jocelyn K ^c   Kawaza, Kondwani M ^b   Newberry, Laura ^b   Richards Kortum, Rebecca R ^c   Maria Oden, Z ^c   Molyneux, Elizabeth M ^b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubble CPAP; Low cost device; Pediatric; Resource limited setting; Respiratory distress

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BRONCHIOLITIS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC WARD; PNEUMOCYSTIS PNEUMONIA; PNEUMONIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVICES; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORTALITY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECI; PROCEDURES; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS;

BRONCHIOLITIS; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAWI; MALE; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84963799891     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmv052     Document Type: Article

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