A clinical trial conducted in a neonatal intensive care unit has identified a new treatment protocol to improve lung growth and function among preterm infants.

The study, published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, found that extending nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) in preterm infants beyond the usual ...

Allergies, colds, and asthma are common things that we look for when a child has a cough that won't go away or trouble ...

chop.edu Objective To measure within-subject changes in ventilation/perfusion (V′/Q′) mismatch in response to a protocol of individualised nasal ... Philadelphia neonatal care network. Interventions ...

Introduction Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) in children has become an increasingly common modality of breathing support where pressure support is delivered through a mask interface or less commonly ...

Early application of CPAP after preterm delivery is the standard of care for infants experiencing respiratory distress. However, the optimal duration of this treatment remains unknown, with most ...

The FDA has expanded the approval of Valtoco (diazepam nasal spray) to include treatment of seizure clusters in patients aged 2 to 5 years.

In this younger patient population, diazepam nasal spray was readily absorbed ... Valtoco is not approved for use in neonates or infants as prolonged central nervous system depression has been ...