Assisted Ventilation of the Newborn: eMedicine Pediatrics: Cardiac Disease and Critical Care Medicine

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Assisted Ventilation of the Newborn: eMedicine Pediatrics: Cardiac Disease and Critical Care Medicine

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Overview: Hypercapnia is usually caused by severe ventilation/perfusion (V/Q) mismatch or hypoventilation. A substantial proportion of the increased survival rate of preterm infants during the last 30-40 years has been due to the availability of improved ventilatory support. ...

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Steps for use of Assisted Ventilation in Newborns are outlined in the eMedicine article at http://bit.ly/czKQov

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