The effect of tidal volume and peep on CO2 and oxygenation during resuscitation of very premature lambs

Abstract

Background: It is well known that babies often become infected with CMV from their mother's milk. It has been suggested that postnatal CMV infection in very premature babies causes illness but there have been inadequate controls.Primary Aim: To determine, in very premature babies born in the Royal Women's Hospital, the incidence and severity of illnesses caused by CMV shed in their mothers' fresh unfrozen expressed breast milk (EBM).Methods: Mothers of babies born at <32 weeks and <1250g were invited to join the study. Only CMV antibody +ve mothers were enrolled. EBM and babies' urine and saliva were collected weekly, until discharge, for culture. All new neonatal symptoms, signs and treatme..