The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of heated humidified high-flow nasal cannula compared with usual care for preterm infants: Systematic review and economic evaluation

Health Technology Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 30, 2016, Pages 1-70

  Fleeman, Nigel ^a   Mahon, James ^b   Bates, Vickie ^a   Dickson, Rumona ^a   Dundar, Yenal ^a   Dwan, Kerry ^a,c   Ellis, Laura ^f   Kotas, Eleanor ^a   Richardson, Marty ^a   Shah, Prakesh ^d   Shaw, Ben N J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Coldingham Analytical Services ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c Cochrane Collaboration ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e LIVERPOOL WOMEN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ACIDOSIS; APNEA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST MINIMIZATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEATED HUMIDIFIED HIGH FLOW NASAL CANNULA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFESPAN; LUNG DYSPLASIA; META ANALYSIS; NASAL CANNULA; NASAL CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NOSE INJURY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREMATURITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPEAT PROCEDURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CANNULA; CATHETERIZATION; DEVICES; HEAT; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEWBORN; PROCEDURES; THERAPEUTIC USE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CANNULA; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; CONTINUOUS POSITIVE AIRWAY PRESSURE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME, NEWBORN; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84964779657     PISSN: 13665278     EISSN: 20464924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3310/hta20300     Document Type: Review

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