Pneumopericardium as a Rare Complication of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Spontaneously Breathing Neonates

Key words

continuous positive airway pressure - neonatal pneumopericardium - respiratory distress - positive endexpiratory pressure

Schlüsselwörter

kontinuierlicher positiver Atemwegsdruck - neonatales Penumoperikard - Atemnotsyndrom - positiver endexspiratorischer Druck

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