Continuous positive airway pressure for term and ≥34⁺⁰ weeks' gestation newborns at birth: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Respiratory distress is common during transition after birth, but the effect of continuous positive airway pressure applied in the delivery room has not been systematically evaluated in spontaneously breathing term and ≥34⁺⁰ weeks' gestation infants.We aimed to compare delivery room continuous positive airway pressure with no delivery room continuous positive airway pressure for term and ≥34⁺⁰ weeks' gestation newborn infants at birth.

Methods

Information sources: Medline, Embase, Cochrane Databases, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature. The Databases were last searched in October 2021.Eligibility criteria: Randomized, quasi-randomized, interrupted time series, controlled be

SUBMITTER: Shah BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9649384 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature