Respiratory strategies for preterm infants at birth.
Neonatologists treating extremely premature infants in the delivery room are faced with many dilemmas, not least how best to support their breathing. A balance must be struck between helping those infants who need it and not applying potentially harmful treatments to infants who might not need them. Crucial to this process is being able to identify infants who might benefit.
O'Donnell
Colm P F
CP
The National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, Dublin, Ireland. codonnell@nmh.ie
Stenson
Benjamin J
BJ
D001238:Asphyxia Neonatorum / Q000628:therapy*; D003696:Delivery Rooms; D005652:Functional Residual Capacity / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D008168:Lung / Q000502:physiology; D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D012151:Resuscitation
D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants