TY - JOUR T1 - Nasal deformities at a UK hospital JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition JO - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed SP - F156 LP - F156 DO - 10.1136/fn.78.2.F156d VL - 78 IS - 2 AU - A SMEDSAAS-LÖFVENBERG AU - G FAXELIUS AU - I AXELSSON AU - H LAGERCRANTZ Y1 - 1998/03/01 UR - http://fn.bmj.com/content/78/2/F156.5.abstract N2 - Editor—The neonatal unit at St George’s hospital, London, recently reported their findings of nasal trauma associated with nasally applied treatment using continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP).1 They reported that 20 per cent of the very low birthweight infants treated in this way developed nasal injury. The equipment used was the Infant Flow system.These figures are shocking and inconceivable. For many years NCPAP has been used extensively with this technique at the neonatal units in our hospitals, the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, and the county hospital in Östersund, Sweden. NCPAP has been given … ER -