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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Manley, Brett J
• Owen, Louise S
• Doyle, Lex W
• Andersen, Chad C
• Cartwright, David W
• Pritchard, Margo A
• Donath, Susan M
• Davis, Peter G

Titel

High-Flow Nasal Cannulae in Very Preterm Infants after Extubation

Ist Teil von

• The New England journal of medicine, 2013-10, Vol.369 (15), p.1425-1433

Ort / Verlag

Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

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Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This study compared high-flow nasal cannulae with nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for noninvasive respiratory support of very preterm infants after extubation. The efficacy of high-flow nasal cannulae was similar to that of nasal CPAP. In the United States, approximately 75,000 infants were classified as very preterm (gestational age, <32 weeks) in 2011. 1 Very preterm infants have substantially higher mortality and morbidity than term infants, partly because they are more prone to respiratory failure and often require mechanical ventilation through an endotracheal tube after birth. Once they recover from their acute breathing problems, the best way to achieve successful extubation from mechanical ventilation is controversial. Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is known to be superior to no positive-pressure support 2 and is the current standard of care for noninvasive respiratory support of very preterm infants. . . .