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Continuous positive airway pressure with helmet versus mask in infants with bronchiolitis: an RCT

  • G Chidini*
  • , Marco Piastra
  • , T Marchesi
  • , D De Luca
  • , L Napolitano
  • , I Salvo
  • , A Wolfler
  • , P Pelosi
  • , M Damasco
  • , Giorgio Conti
  • , E. Calderini
  • *Corresponding author

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Abstract

Noninvasive continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is usually applied with a nasal or facial mask to treat mild acute respiratory failure (ARF) in infants. A pediatric helmet has now been introduced in clinical practice to deliver CPAP. This study compared treatment failure rates during CPAP delivered by helmet or facial mask in infants with respiratory syncytial virus-induced ARF.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)e868-e868-75
JournalPediatrics
Volume135
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

Keywords

  • Bronchiolitis
  • Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
  • Female
  • Head Protective Devices
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Italy
  • Male
  • Masks
  • Prospective Studies
  • Respiratory Insufficiency
  • Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infections
  • Treatment Failure
  • Viral
  • acute respiratory failure
  • children
  • continuous positive airway pressure
  • helmet

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