The mode of ventilation that allows a neonate to breathe at a high and a low CPAP setting is which of the following?
a. SiPAP
b. HFOV
c. Nasal IMV
d. Nasal HFV
ANS: A
Nasal SiPAP allows the neonate to breathe continuously at CPAP and during a sustained "sigh" breath to recruit lung units at two different lung volumes. It allows the neonate to breathe at a high and a low CPAP setting.
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