Una evaluación basada en la población de ventilación mecánica sostenida de bebés recién nacidos

C R Maddock1

  • 1Department of Paediatrics, King's Mill Hospital, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire.

Lancet (London, England)
|November 28, 1987
PubMed
Resumen

La ventilación asistida sostenida se utilizó en 28 bebés, de los cuales 10 experimentaron complicaciones como neumotórax. Los resultados a largo plazo revelaron discapacidades en algunos sobrevivientes, destacando los riesgos de la ventilación mecánica en los recién nacidos.

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