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- Title
Affordable CPAP in low income countries.
- Authors
Neighbour, Robert; Eltringham, Roger; Reynolds, Charlotte; Meek, Jonathan
- Abstract
Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is a form of therapy used for the treatment of a wide variety of conditions causing respiratory distress in infants and young children. It entails the provision of a continuous supply of a mixture of compressed air and oxygen delivered in varying proportions, and at flow rates and pressures according to the patient's requirements. Whilst this is readily achievable in modern, well-equipped hospitals, this life-saving treatment is frequently unavailable in remote hospitals in poor countries because of the expense and logistical problems involved in the provision of medical oxygen and air. An alternative method of providing CPAP which overcomes these disadvantages is described.
- Subjects
OXYGEN; PHARMACEUTICAL arithmetic; CHILDREN; CONTINUOUS positive airway pressure; EQUIPMENT &; supplies
- Publication
Update in Anaesthesia, 2016, Vol 31, p63
- ISSN
1353-4882
- Publication type
Article