Elective nasal continuous positive airway pressure to support respiration after prolonged ventilation in infants after congenital cardiac surgery

• Main Authors: Hemang Gandhi (Author), Amit Mishra (Author), Rajesh Thosani (Author), Himanshu Acharya (Author), Ritesh Shah (Author), Jigar Surti (Author), Alpesh Sarvaia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: We sought to compare the effectiveness of oxygen (O2) treatment administered by an O2 mask and nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) in infants after congenital cardiac surgery. Methods: In this retrospective observational study, 54 infants undergoing corrective cardiac surge...