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Clinical Experience in Using a New Type of Nasal Prong for Administration of N‐CPAP
Author(s) -
So BaiHorng,
Shibuya Kazuhiko,
Tamura Masanori,
Watanabe Hiroshi,
Kamoshita Shigehiko
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
pediatrics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1442-200X
pISSN - 1328-8067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1992.tb00967.x
Subject(s) - medicine , continuous positive airway pressure , anesthesia , breathing , airway , nasal administration , functional residual capacity , work of breathing , nasal septum , nose , lung , surgery , lung volumes , mechanical ventilation , pharmacology , obstructive sleep apnea
Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (N‐CPAP) has been used in infants with decreased lung compliance for increasing the functional residual capacity (FRC), decreasing the work of breathing and improving the PaO 2 /PAO 2 (arterial‐alveolar PO 2 ratio) without intubation. However, the currently available nasal prongs for administration of N‐CPAP have presented some problems in fixation, and lesions to the nasal septum or nostrils might be induced by aggressive pressure intended to fix them. We would therefore like to report our experience in using a new type of nasal prong for administration of N‐CPAP therapy. The nasal prongs we used were provided by Dr. Wung of Columbia University in New York, who first designed them, and have been used safely, effectively and without any complications.