Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
Overview

 

Reviewed by Charge Nurse Newborn
May
2004
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  • Bubble CPAP delivered by binasal prongs is the preferred mode of initial ventilatory support in infants with respiratory distress.
  • It was initially introduced into the NICU at National Women's Hospital in 1997.
Doll on CPAP