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1. The document describes the use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) using the Gregory box to treat respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in newborn infants over 15 months. 2. During this period, 47 infants with RDS were treated - 28 with standard therapy alone and all survived, 7 received intermittent positive pressure respiration and all died, and 12 received CPAP using the Gregory box with a 25% mortality rate. 3. The introduction of CPAP reduced the neonatal mortality from RDS from a previous

Author

Maria Ines Olmedo

Language

EN