Pediatric clinics of North America
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Pediatr. Clin. North Am. · Jun 1998
ReviewNeonatal cardiopulmonary resuscitation: the good news and the bad.
Many health care professionals all over the world have been taught neonatal cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) using the neonatal CPR course based upon the work of Bloom and Cropley. The purpose of this article is to provide a retrospective review of the development of some of the neonatal CPR techniques, to discuss current techniques and to complement the dedication of this issue to Dr. Ronald Brown and Catherine Copley, MN, RN.
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Pediatr. Clin. North Am. · Jun 1998
ReviewNew ways to ventilate newborns in acute respiratory failure.
Out treatment options for acute neonatal failure have expanded greatly in the last 20 to 30 years. This article reviews patient-triggered ventilation, high frequency ventilation, negative extrathoracic pressure ventilation, nitric oxide therapy, liquid ventilation, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, and advances in pulmonary function monitoring. The authors present background theories, describe equipment, review clinical strategies, and the results of recent trials.