title: Use of mask continuous positive airway pressure in a preterm infant presenting with bilateral cleft lip and palate.
abstract: This report highlights innovative ways of overcoming difficulties in delivering effective continuous positive airway pressure in an extremely preterm baby with bilateral cleft lip and cleft palate.
authors.affiliation: Neonatal Unit, New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, UK. robin.mcmahon@rwh-tr.nhs.uk
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: McMahon
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bagchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Worsey
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kumararatne
mesh_terms: D002971:Cleft Lip; D002972:Cleft Palate; D045422:Continuous Positive Airway Pressure / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases