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Related Articles Respiratory Care for the Ventilated Neonate. Can Respir J. 2018;2018:7472964 Authors: Rocha G, Soares P, Gonçalves A, Silva AI, Almeida D, Figueiredo S, Pissarra S, Costa S, Soares H, Flôr-de-Lima F, Guimarães H Abstract Invasive ventilation is often necessary for the treatment of newborn infants with respiratory insufficiency. The neonatal patient has unique physiological characteristics such as small airway caliber, few collateral airways, compliant chest wall, poor airway stability, and low functional residual capacity. Pathologies affecting the newborn’s lung are also different from many others observed later in life. Several different ventilation modes and strategies are available to…
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Origen: What determines duration of palliative care before death for patients with advanced disease? A retrospective cohort study of community and hospital palliative care provision in a large UK city. – PubMed