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Respiratory Technologies

6/13/2014

 
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Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) utilizes mild air pressure to keep an infant's airways open. This treatment is commonly used for respiratory distress syndrome or bronchopulmonary dysplasia.

SiPAP - similar to CPAP but also provides breaths in addition to pressure.

High Flow Nasal Cannula (HFNC) -provides support to breathing by delivering humidified oxygen at high flow through the nasal cannula.
A Ventilator delivers increased oxygen and can breath for the baby. This can allow a baby's lungs to recover if they are weak or sick. 

An oxygen hood is provided to babies that can breath unassisted but require some additional warm, moist oxygen. 
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Surfactant is a liquid medication that coats the inside of the lungs. It helps keep them open so that infants can breathe in air once they're born.

Nitric Oxide is a gas used to treat infants with severe breathing problems. It widens the opening of blood vessels in the lungs and may shorten the length of time needed for respiratory support. 



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Information Retrieved from NIH

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