Rational respiratory therapy of newborns.
Measurement of the effect of therapy is a principle in the provision of all care, including respiratory therapy of newborns. Crucial to such measurement are guidelines of respiratory therapy services. The author offers a method for establishment of these guidelines, as well as a literature review of the outcomes of infants who required respiratory care.
D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000592:standards*; D011379:Prognosis; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000592:standards*; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D012139:Respiratory Therapy Department, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States