Work of Breathing During Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure ...

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Apr 28, 2005 - Andrew M. Steele, MD ... Room 344, Schneider Children's Hospital, 269-01 76th Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY 11040, USA. Statistical ...
Original Article Work of Breathing during Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Preterm Infants: A Comparison of Bubble vs Variable-Flow Devices Ellina Liptsen, MD Zubair H. Aghai, MD Kee H. Pyon, PhD Judy G. Saslow, MD Tarek Nakhla, MD Jennifer Long, MD Andrew M. Steele, MD Robert H. Habib, PhD Sherry E. Courtney, MD

OBJECTIVE: To compare work of breathing and breathing asynchrony during bubble nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) vs variable-flow (VF)NCPAP in premature infants.

STUDY DESIGN: We studied 18 premature infants of birth weight