Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 51, Issue 4 , Pages 214-218 , August 2010

Effects of Flow Rate on Delivery of Bubble Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in an In Vitro Model

  • Tsyr-Yuh Ho

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatrics, Zuoying Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shan-Fu Ou

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatrics, Zuoying Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shih-Hui Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Fooying University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chi-Ning Lee

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatrics, Zuoying Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Luo-Ping Ger

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics and Medical Education and Research, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Kai-Sheng Hsieh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics and Medical Education and Research, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hui-Ying Cheng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Zuoying Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wei Yang Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Municipal United Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, 386 Ta-Chung 1st Road, Kaohsiung 813, Taiwan, or Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Municipal United Hospital, 976 Chunghwa 1st Road, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan. E-mail: treeho@yahoo.com.tw
    • ,
  • Ken-Pen Weng

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatrics, Zuoying Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Nursing, Fooying University, Kaohsiung County, Taiwan
    • Department of Pediatrics and Medical Education and Research, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Yuh-Ing Junior College of Health Care and Management, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding authors. Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, 386 Ta-Chung 1st Road, Kaohsiung 813, Taiwan, or Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Municipal United Hospital, 976 Chunghwa 1st Road, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan. E-mail: treeho@yahoo.com.tw

Received 23 June 2009 ,Revised 23 October 2009 ,Accepted 16 November 2009.

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PII: S1875-9572(10)60041-1

doi: 10.1016/S1875-9572(10)60041-1

Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 51, Issue 4 , Pages 214-218 , August 2010

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