A new low-cost commercial bubble CPAP (bCPAP) machine compared with a traditional bCPAP device in Nigeria.

CONCLUSIONS: The study has narrowed the gap between relatively low-cost, risky devices (e.g. IbCPAP) and high-cost commercial machines. The politeCPAP is a feasible alternative to the IbCPAP in cost-constrained settings. ABBREVIATIONS: bCPAP: bubble continuous positive airway pressure; CPAP: continuous positive airway pressure; ELBW: extremely low birthweight; FiO2: ratio of oxygen content in gas flow (%); IbCPAP: improvised bubble continuous positive airway pressure device; LBW: low birthweight; NNU: neonatal unit; PEEP: positive end expiratory pressure; politeCPAP: the newly developed commercial bCPAP machine; RDS: respiratory distress syndrome; SpO2, oxygen saturation level (%). PMID: 30957682 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Paediatrics and international child health - Category: Pediatrics Tags: Paediatr Int Child Health Source Type: research