Journal article

Nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) versus nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) for preterm neonates after extubation

B Lemyre, PG Davis, AG De Paoli, H Kirpalani

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | WILEY | Published : 2014

Abstract

Background: Previous randomised trials and meta-analyses have shown nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) to be a useful method of respiratory support after extubation. However, infants managed in this way sometimes 'fail' and require endotracheal reintubation with its attendant risks and expense. Nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) is a method of augmenting NCPAP by delivering ventilator breaths via nasal prongs. Older children and adults with chronic respiratory failure benefit from NIPPV and the technique has been applied to neonates. However, serious side effects including gastric perforation have been reported with older techniques to provide NIPPV. Obje..

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Internal sourcesRoyal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.University of Melbourne, Australia.Royal Hobart Hospital, Australia.University of Tasmania, Australia.External sourcesNational Health and Medical Research Council, Australia.Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, USA.Editorial support of the Cochrane Neonatal Review Group has been funded with Federal funds from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, USA, under Contract No. HHSN275201100016C.