Background Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) is used to support preterm
infants recently extubated, those experiencing significant apnoea of prematurity and those …

Importance Clinicians aim to extubate preterm infants as early as possible, to minimize the
risks of mechanical ventilation. Extubation is often unsuccessful owing to lung disease or …

Background To reduce the risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in extremely-low-birth-weight
infants, clinicians attempt to minimize the use of endotracheal intubation by the early …

Objectives To identify variables associated with successful elective extubation, and to
determine neonatal morbidities associated with extubation failure in extremely preterm …

Importance Several respiratory support techniques are available to minimize the use of
invasive mechanical ventilation (IMV) in preterm neonates. It is unknown whether …

Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is a noninvasive form of respiratory
assistance that has been used to support spontaneously breathing infants with lung disease …

Majority of extremely preterm infants require positive pressure ventilatory support at the time
of delivery or during the transitional period. Most of these infants present with respiratory …

Non-invasive techniques of respiratory support were developed in order to reduce the
adverse effects associated with ventilation via an endotracheal tube. Short bi-nasal prongs …

Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is increasingly used for respiratory
support in preterm babies at birth and after extubation from mechanical ventilation. Various …

Background Multiple noninvasive respiratory support (NRS) modalities are used for
postextubation support in preterm neonates. Seven NRS modalities were compared …