They're very fragile.” The ventilator that helped Checketts survive was a far cry from what she sees in neonatal units today. “We've gone from a mode of ventilation where you were breathing ...

There is no universally accepted definition of VAP in the neonatal period ... in a recent study the use of noninvasive ventilation in the NICU was associated with decreased incidence of VAP ...

Setting: A single neonatal intensive care unit. Patients: Neonates requiring conventional mechanical ventilation (n = 50). Interventions: Infants on conventional ventilation were randomly assigned ...