Heated and humidified high flow therapy (HHHFT) in extreme and very preterm neonates with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS): a retrospective cohort from a tertiary care setting in Pakistan.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the role of heated humidified high flow therapy (HHHFT) as primary respiratory support in spontaneously breathing moderate-late, very and extreme preterm neonates with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) at a tertiary care hospital from a developing country.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

Neonatal intensive care unit of Indus Hospital and Health Network, Karachi, Pakistan.

Patients

All preterm neonates with RDS and who received HHHFT as primary respiratory support were included retrospectively, while neonates with orofacial anomalies, congenital heart and lung diseases other than RDS, abdominal wall defects, encephalopathy, congenital pneumonia and received continuous positive airway pressure or invasive ventilation were exclu

SUBMITTER: Kessani VK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10806496 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature