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Table 2 Clinical conditions needing PAC insertion (n = 116)

From: Clinical experience of use of percutaneous peripheral arterial cannulation in sick neonates in a developing country

Respiratory Distress Syndrome (RDS)

94 (81%)

Asphyxia

4 (3.4%)

Meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS)

10 (8.6%)

Persistent pulmonary hypertension of newborn (PPHN)

14 (12%)

Sepsis

22 (19%)

Surgical (Congenital diaphragmatic hernia, volvulus, Necrotising enterocolitis), etc)

6 (5.1%)

Other

12 (10.3%)