title: Newer forms of conventional ventilation for preterm newborns.
abstract: Although life saving, mechanical ventilation can cause complications such as ventilator-induced lung injury and bronchopulmonary dysplasia in very preterm babies. The ventilator-induced lung injury is multi-factorial. There has been an introduction of a number of newer forms of mechanical ventilation, which are aimed to reduce such complications. These are based on sound physiologic principles and clinicians should familiarize themselves with these advances.
authors.affiliation: University of Durham and James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, TS4 3BW, United Kingdom. Sunil.sinha@stees.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Sunil K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: Steven M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Donn
mesh_terms: D001469:Barotrauma / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D001997:Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007229:Infant Welfare; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D019102:Infant, Very Low Birth Weight; D008297:Male; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D055397:Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury / Q000517:prevention & control*