Walking with continuous positive airway pressure

CASE STUDY Walking with continuous positive airway pressure

A ventilator-dependent child had been in the paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) ever since birth. As a result, she had fallen behind considerably in her development. After 18 months, continuous positive airway pressure was successfully administered via a tracheostomy tube with a novel lightweight device. This enabled her to walk in the PICU. With this device, the child was discharged home wh...

Comparison of Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy with and without Prophylactic Surfactant in Preterm Neonates

Background: Preterm labor is at risk for respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) and sometimes requires to mechanical ventilation (MV) and surfactant therapy. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and Nasal Continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) are the methods of respiratory support especially for using in RDS of neonates. In other method surfactant is administered to babies via tracheal...

Intraocular Pressure during Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

Effects of Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure

3 Anne Bernier, Céline Catelin, Mohamed Amine Hadj Ahmed, Nathalie Samson, 4 Pauline Bonneau, Jean-Paul Praud 5 6 Neonatal Respiratory Research Unit, Departments of Pediatrics and Physiology 7 Neonatalogy Division, Department of Pediatrics 8 Université de Sherbrooke, QC, Canada – J1H 5N4 9 10 Short title: Nasal CPAP and nutritive swallowing 11 12 13 Address for correspondence and proofs: 14 Jea...

Continuous positive airway pressure therapy: new generations.

Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is the treatment of choice for obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS). However, CPAP is not tolerated by all patients with OSAS and alternative modes of pressure delivery have been developed to overcome pressure intolerance, thereby improving patient comfort and adherence. Auto-adjustable positive airway pressure (APAP) devices may be utilised for th...