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Perception and experience of clinicians and caregivers in treating childhood severe pneumonia and hypoxemia using bubble continuous positive airway pressure in Ethiopian tertiary and general hospitals.

Meseret GebreMd Fakhar UddinTrevor DukeKassa HaileMd Tanveer FarukMehnaz KamalMd Farhad KabirAbebe GenetuRahel Argaw KebedeAsrat DemtseAbate Yeshidinber WeldetsadikAbayneh Girma DemisseBitseat W HaileAlemseged AbdissaTeferi ElfuBiruk TesfayeTaye Tolera BalchaMuluye ShemelesTahmeed AhmedJohn D ClemensMohammod Jobayer Chisti
Published in: PloS one (2022)
Our study identified some important structural, functional, and operational challenges that need to be addressed before implementation of bCPAP oxygen therapy especially in frontline general hospitals with limited resources. In spite of these observed challenges, the clinicians and caregivers were highly satisfied with the overall performance of bCPAP oxygen therapy.
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