Effect of body position on ventilation distribution in preterm infants on continuous positive airway pressure
- Hough, Judith L.
- Johnston, Leanne
- Brauer, Sandy G.
- Woodgate, Paul G.
- Pham, Trang M. T.
- Schibler, Andreas
Publication date
July 2012
DOI Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) ISSN
1529-7535Abstract
Rationale: Although continuous positive airway pressure is used extensively in neonatal intensive care units, and despite the belief that positioning is considered vital to the maintenance of good lung ventilation, no data exist on regional ventilation distribution in infants on continuous positive airway pressure ventilatory support
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