Growth Rates of Infants Randomized to Continuous Positive Airway Pressure or Intubation After Extremely Preterm Birth.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the effects of early treatment with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) on nutritional intake and in-hospital growth rates of extremely preterm (EPT) infants.

Study design

EPT infants (24^0/7-27^6/7 weeks of gestation) enrolled in the Surfactant Positive Airway Pressure and Pulse Oximetry Trial (SUPPORT) were included. EPT infants who died before 36 weeks of postmenstrual age (PMA) were excluded. The growth rates from birth to 36 weeks of PMA and follow-up outcomes at 18-22 months corrected age of EPT infants randomized at birth to either early CPAP (intervention group) or early intubation for surfactant administration (control group) were analyzed.

Results

Growth data were analyzed for 810 of 1316 infants enrolled in S

SUBMITTER: Salas AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8478787 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature