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- Title
Neonatal Care. Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation: Challenges to Nurses and Outcome in Extremely Preterm Babies.
- Authors
Joseph, Rachel A.
- Abstract
Worldwide, about 15 million infants are born prematurely each year. Technological advances, including invasive mechanical ventilation, play a major role in the survival of extremely preterm babies. Those who survive may have prolonged morbid conditions that result in long-term sequelae. Nurses face several challenges during the hospitalization of these infants. Vigilant care, monitoring, and careful handling of the infants can prevent infections and long-term complications. Newer, less invasive technologies are promising for improved outcomes in extremely preterm infants.
- Subjects
AIRWAY (Anatomy); ARTIFICIAL respiration; BODY temperature regulation; CENTRAL venous pressure; CHILD development deviations; PREVENTION of communicable diseases; COMMUNICATION; DIET therapy; HEMODYNAMICS; HIGH-frequency ventilation (Therapy); PREMATURE infants; INFANT development; INFANT physiology; INTENSIVE care nursing; INTERMITTENT positive pressure breathing; MEDICAL quality control; MEDICAL care costs; MEDICAL personnel; NEONATAL intensive care; NURSING; NURSING practice; OXIMETRY; PATIENT monitoring; PATIENT positioning; QUALITY of life; PULSE oximeters; ETHICAL decision making; TRACHEOTOMY equipment; NEONATAL intensive care units; TREATMENT effectiveness; POSITIVE pressure ventilation; CONTINUOUS positive airway pressure; EXTUBATION; PATIENTS' families; TREATMENT duration; MANDATORY minute volume ventilation
- Publication
Critical Care Nurse, 2015, Vol 35, Issue 4, p58
- ISSN
0279-5442
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4037/ccn2015396