Expired CO2 levels indicate degree of lung aeration at birth.

Expired CO2 levels indicate degree of lung aeration at birth.

As neonatal resuscitation critically depends upon lung aeration at birth, knowledge of the progression of this process is required to guide ongoing care. We investigated whether expired CO2 (ECO2) levels indicate the degree of lung aeration immediately after birth in two animal models and in preterm...

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Main Authors: Stuart B Hooper, Andreas Fouras, Melissa L Siew, Megan J Wallace, Marcus J Kitchen, Arjan B te Pas, Claus Klingenberg, Robert A Lewis, Peter G Davis, Colin J Morley, Georg M Schmölzer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3741323?pdf=render

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