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Please see: Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 2007;92:F328

Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 92:F168 doi:10.1136/adc.2006.107458
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Pneumopericardium in a term infant on nasal continuous positive airway pressure

  1. Dursun Türkbay
  1. Zekai Tahir Burak Hastanesi, Ankara, 06230, Turkey; dursun_turkbay@ttnet.net.tr
  1. Correspondence to:
    D Türkbay
    Zekai Tahir Burak Hastanesi, Ankara, 06230, Turkey; dursun_turkbay{at}ttnet.net.tr

    We report neonatal pneumopericardium in a term infant with gestational age of 39 weeks. The pneumopericardium developed during the second day of postnatal age. There was no evidence of other forms of air-leak. The infant was treated with nasal CPAP delivered for respiratory …