title: The velcro mustache: a potential barrier to effective bag-and-mask ventilation in neonates on nasal cpap: two case reports.
abstract: Hudson prongs (Hudson RCI, Teleflex Medical, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina) (a device to deliver nasal continuous positive airway pressure) are often secured with a "Velcro mustache" in neonatal intensive care units. We report 2 premature infants who required bag-and-mask ventilation while on Hudson prongs secured with a Velcro mustache. Effective ventilation was achieved only after removing the Velcro mustache.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21204, USA.
authors.forename: Sabah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Helou
authors.forename: Howard J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Birenbaum
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Blue
authors.forename: Maria A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pane
authors.forename: Gregory Andre
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Marinkovich
mesh_terms: D045422:Continuous Positive Airway Pressure / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008297:Male; D008397:Masks; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods*