Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition
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Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. · Jul 2007
Randomized Controlled TrialAdmission temperatures following radiant warmer or incubator transport for preterm infants <28 weeks: a randomised study.
Sixty two infants <28 weeks were occlusively wrapped and randomised to radiant warmer or incubator transport to the neonatal unit. Median axillary temperature on arrival was 36.8 degrees C in both groups. Target temperatures (36.5-37.5 degrees C) were achieved in 60% of the incubator group compared to 75% in the warmer group (not statistically significant). While powered to detect a 35% difference between warming devices, a more modest difference is not excluded.
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Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. · Jul 2007
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyMorphine versus remifentanil for intubating preterm neonates.
A double-blind, randomised controlled study was conducted to evaluate the intubation conditions in 20 preterm neonates following the use of either morphine or remifentanil as premedication. The findings suggest that the overall intubation conditions were significantly better (p=0.0034) in the remifentanil group than in the morphine group. No severe complications were observed in either group.
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Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. · Jul 2007
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative StudyInfluence of three nasal continuous positive airway pressure devices on breathing pattern in preterm infants.
The pattern of breathing was studied in 13 premature newborns treated by variable-flow Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (NCPAP), conventional NCPAP, and nasal cannulae. Compared to constant-flow NCPAP and nasal cannulae, the variable-flow NCPAP increases tidal volume and improves thoraco-abdominal synchrony, suggesting that variable-flow NCPAP provides more effective ventilatory support than conventional NCPAP or nasal cannulae.