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The episode discusses the effects of extended CPAP on intermittent hypoxemia in stable preterm infants based on a secondary analysis from the Journal of Pediatrics.

Send us Fan Mail What happens to intermittent hypoxemia when you keep a stable preterm infant on CPAP for two extra weeks? In this Journal Club episode, Ben and Daphna review a secondary analysis from the Journal of Pediatrics by Mamidi and McEvoy. Among 95 infants randomized to either two additional weeks of bubble CPAP on room air or discontinued CPAP, those in the extended CPAP group experienced significantly fewer intermittent hypoxemia episodes (57.6 versus 151.7), higher baseline satura...

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Hosts: Ben Courchia, Daphna Yasova Barbeau

Topics covered

• CPAP
• intermittent hypoxemia
• preterm infants
• pediatrics
• medical research

Keywords

• CPAP
• intermittent hypoxemia
• preterm infants
• medical study
• pediatrics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Journal of Pediatrics

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