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we are using survanta. Riyadh Saudi Arabia

I have to say. First, do you have the experience to use conventional and non-conventional therapy. If yes. I suggest to take a good look at the VN 500 from Draeger. It will do all therapy with one piece of equipment. nCpap, conventional, HFV and oxygen therapy like high flow NC, oxyhood and heated trach masks. We been using them for a year and happy. No more 3100A, no more changing circuits if HFV needed or changing out of equipment. I feel our really sick babies benefit from this. We don't need to disturb to change to non-conventional mode, not to mention the cost of changing circuits for the 3100A. If looking for basic then Drager babylog 8000 with VG option. Good luck.

Hi. We have been using the VN for over a year. I can try my best to answer your questions. Is there something specific? Dean

Hi, We will be receiving about 12 of the VN500 in October. We had a trial period with the device for about a month on different cases in our NICU and really liked the machine. We used it on prem, MAS and NEC babies with conventional, HFV and used the adjunct VG. Very impressive graphics as well. Also I used the vent star circuit from Draeger, which may be used with all the modes including HFV, so no need to change the circuit. The MAS baby weighed about 4 kilo and the HFV worked very well. More to come after we have more experience with the device. Dean NICU Sr. respiratory therapist Riyadh, Saudi Arabia