PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Boumecid, Hocine
AU  - Rakza, Thameur
AU  - Abazine, Abdel
AU  - Klosowski, Serge
AU  - Matran, Régis
AU  - Storme, Laurent
TI  - Influence of three nasal continuous positive airway pressure devices on breathing pattern in preterm infants
AID  - 10.1136/adc.2006.103762
DP  - 2007 Jul 01
TA  - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition
PG  - F298--F300
VI  - 92
IP  - 4
4099  - http://fn.bmj.com/content/92/4/F298.short
4100  - http://fn.bmj.com/content/92/4/F298.full
SO  - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed2007 Jul 01; 92
AB  - The pattern of breathing was studied in 13 premature newborns treated by variable-flow Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (NCPAP), conventional NCPAP, and nasal cannulae. Compared to constant-flow NCPAP and nasal cannulae, the variable-flow NCPAP increases tidal volume and improves thoraco-abdominal synchrony, suggesting that variable-flow NCPAP provides more effective ventilatory support than conventional NCPAP or nasal cannulae.