Atelectasis

[bebi23]

HOW TO TREAT A BABY WITH ATELECTASIS ?

[Stefan Johansson]

I guess the key is to good airway management including maintaining an optimal lung volume (cpap or PEEP).
Tube position may have a role (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18027311)
Chest physiotherapy needs further studies according to a Cochrane review (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18646156).

[KLB1216]

Prevention is the key. Early surfactant administration and lung recruitment through either HFOV or CPAP.