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Original Article

Effect of right lateral position with head elevation on tracheal aspirate pepsin in ventilated preterm neonates: randomized controlled trial

Safaa Shafik ImamPediatrics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt;
,
Dina Mohamed ShinkarPediatrics Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; Correspondence[email protected]
,
Nevine Ahmed MohamedClinical Pathology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt;
&
Hebatallah Elhamy MansourMinistry of Health, Cairo, Egypt
Pages 3741-3746 | Received 18 Oct 2017, Accepted 29 Apr 2018, Published online: 15 May 2018

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