Despite a shift to noninvasive respiratory support, mechanical ventilation remains an essential tool in the care of critically ill neonates. The availability of a variety of technologically advanced ...
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine and Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Medical Director, Adult Emergency Services, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, ...
Newborn infants have strong reflexes that play a large role in the control of breathing (1). The work of Hering and Breuer in 1868 demonstrated in newborn animals that expansion of the lung reflexly ...