Nasal CPAP in the delivery room for newborns with extremely low birth weight in a hospital in a developing country

The objective of this study was to determine the feasibility of the use of continuous positive airway pressure installed prophylactically in the delivery room (DR-CPAP), for infants with a birth weight between 500 and 1000 g in settings with limited resources. During 23 months, infants with a birth...

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Main Authors: W.A. Goncalves-Ferri, F.E. Martinez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2013-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2013001000892&lng=en&tlng=en