PEDIATRICS Vol. 56 No. 4 October 1975, pp. 601-603
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The Negative-Pressure Respirator: An Improved Design

David O. Hakanson M.D.1, William J. Cashore M.D.1, Normand E. Gauvin M.D.1, and Leo Stern M.D.1

1 Department of Perinatal Medicine, Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, and Section on Human Growth and Development, Brown University Providence, Rhode Island

Modification of the standard negative-pressure respirator, which easily permits application of intermittent negative-pressure ventilation to the infant of less than 1,000 gm, has been described. Previously encountered problems of fixation of the infant, of maintenance of oxygen concentrations, and of inability to obtain chest films of the infant while in the device have been overcome.