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A pilot study of improvised CPAP (iCPAP) via face mask for the treatment of adult respiratory distress in low-resource settings

BACKGROUND: Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is a mode of non-invasive ventilation used to treat a variety of respiratory conditions in the emergency department and intensive care unit. In low-resource settings where ventilators are not available, the ability to improvise a CPAP system fro...

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Autores principales: Milliner, Brendan H., Bentley, Suzanne, DuCanto, James
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6399909/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31179948
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12245-019-0224-0