Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition
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Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. · Mar 2008
A cohort study of low Apgar scores and cognitive outcomes.
To investigate the association of brief (0-5 minutes) and prolonged (>5 minutes) low Apgar scores (<7) in non-encephalopathic infants with educational achievement at age 15-16 and intelligence quotients (IQs) at age 18. ⋯ Infants in poor condition at birth have increased risk of poor functioning in cognitive tests in later life. This supports the idea of a "continuum of reproductive casualty", although the small individual effect suggests that these mild degrees of fetal compromise are not of clinical importance.
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Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. · Mar 2008
Noise levels during nCPAP are flow-dependent but not device-dependent.
Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) has been shown to improve the outcome of infants with respiratory distress syndrome. However, noise generation could be of concern. Therefore, our study was designed to measure the noise levels of various CPAP drivers. ⋯ nCPAP drivers are valuable devices for neonatal care that may prevent primary mechanical ventilation or re-intubation, but generate a large amount of noise, often higher than occupational limits accepted for adult workers. Therefore, new devices must be designed to minimise this possible noxious exposure of premature infants to unacceptably high noise levels.
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Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. · Jan 2008
Neonatal volume guarantee ventilation: effects of spontaneous breathing, triggered and untriggered inflations.
During volume guarantee (VG) ventilation the peak inflating pressure (PIP) for each ventilator inflation is adjusted to ensure the expired tidal volume (V(Te)) is close to the set V(Te). Differences in the PIP between inflations triggered by the infant's inspirations and untriggered inflations are seen. ⋯ During VG ventilation with the Dräger Babylog 8000 the PIP was 4 cm H2O lower during triggered inflations than untriggered inflations, although the expired tidal volumes were similar.
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Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. · Nov 2007
Comparative Study Controlled Clinical TrialCar seat test for preterm infants: comparison with polysomnography.