Respiratory Technologies

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. 

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. 

Information Retrieved from NIH