8. Judicious use of chest physiotherapy forthe prevention of atelectasis due to the potential for an acute deterioration in blood gases.
9. Provide sedation (Phenobarbital, etc.) if needed, such as infants that fight the ventilator.
10. Daily chest X-rays (CXRs) to observe for air leaks and disease progression 11. Preoxygenate by increasing O 2 15% prior to suctioning (Peters, 1992). 12. Infants placed pronehave higher PaO 2s than thosesupine (Bancalari & Sinclair, 1992).