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Dangerous Pressurization and Inappropriate Alarms during Water Occlusion of the Expiratory Circuit of Commonly Used Infant Ventilators

BACKGROUND: Non-invasive continuous positive airways pressure is commonly a primary respiratory therapy delivered via multi-purpose ventilators in premature newborns. Expiratory limb occlusion due to water accumulation or ‘rainout’ from gas humidification is a frequent issue. A case of expiratory li...

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Autores principales: Hinder, Murray, Perdomo, Aldo, Tracy, Mark
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4846022/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27116224
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0154034