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High-frequency oscillatory ventilation - rescue treatment for infants with severe respiratory failure

Smith, J.; Pieper, C. H.; Kirsten, G. F.; Maree, D.; Van Zyl, J.; Pretorius, M. L. (Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1998)

Objective. To assess the efficacy of high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) as a rescue mode of therapy in newborn infants with severe respiratory failure poorly responsive or unresponsive to conventional ventilation ...

Born too soon, too small, to die - a plea for a fair innings

Smith, J.; Pieper, C. H.; Kirsten, G. F. (Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1999)

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The effectiveness and cost of exogenous pulmonary surfactant replacement therapy

Smith, J.; Pieper, C.; Gie, R. P. (Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1995)

The articles"" recently published on surfactant replacement therapy (SR1) in the treatment of newborn infants with hyaline membrane disease (HMD) being ventilated in a country with limited health resources are both timeous ...

The outcome at 12 months of very-low-birth-weight infants ventilated at Tygerberg Hospital

Kirsten, G. F.; Van Zyl, J. I.; Le Grange, M.; Ancker, E.; Van Zyl, F. (Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1995)

Objective. To determine the outcome at 1 year of age of a group of very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants, from urban and rural communities, ventilated at Tygerberg Hospital, W. Cape. Study design. Prospective descriptive ...