Context Sustained inflation (SI) has been advocated as an alternative to intermittent positive pressure ventilation (IPPV) during the resuscitation of neonates at birth, to facilitate the early ...

Methods: Neonates were ventilated with the Dräger Babylog 8000 using assist control (synchronous intermittent positive pressure ventilation) and VG modes. Continuous recordings of ventilator pressures ...

The following is a summary of “A Meta-Analysis on the Efficacy of Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation Combined With Pressure Support Ventilation in Treating Chronic Heart Failure,” published in ...

In this document NIV refers to non-invasive positive pressure ventilation, and other less commonly used techniques such as external negative pressure or rocking beds will not be discussed. (NIPPV is ...

This is a retrospective study of the history, roentgenology and autopsy pathology when appropriate of all infants with severe respiratory-distress syndrome who required twenty-four hours or more ...

METHODS Cognitive functioning was evaluated in nine patients with ALS with sleep disturbance caused by nocturnal hypoventilation (NIPPV group), and in a comparison group of 10 similar patients without ...

Newborns are highly vulnerable to health issues like respiratory distress, jaundice, and infections due to their immature ...

When newborn babies are starved of oxygen it's vital to help them breathe to avoid brain damage, but sometimes the amount of ...

The results indicated that vasopressin could improve oxygenation and mean arterial pressure in neonates who were unresponsive to standard treatments, potentially reducing the need for more ...

The mainstay of medical treatment of OSAHS is administration of non-invasive positive airway pressure (PAP) during sleep. In this review we will summarise the available data on PAP treatment for OSAHS ...