Francesco Raimondi, Pasquale Dolce, Claudio Veropalumbo, Enrico Sierchio, Rebeca Gregorio Hernandez, Javier Rodriguez Fanjul, Fabio Meneghin, Roberto Raschetti, Luca Bonadies, Iuri Corsini, Almudena Alonso Ojembarrena, Serena Salomè, Lorena Rodeño Fernandez, Manuel Sanchez Luna, Gianluca Lista, Fabio Mosca, Carlo Dani, Eugenio Baraldi, Lucio Giordano, Peter G Davis, Letizia Capasso
INTRODUCTION: Early targeted surfactant therapy for preterm infants is recommended but the best criteria to personalize treatment are unclear. We validate a previously published multivariate prognostic model based on gestational age (GA), lung ultrasound score (LUS), and oxygen saturation to inspire oxygen fraction ratio (SatO2/FiO2) using an independent data set. METHODS: Pragmatic, observational study in 10 Italian and Spanish NICUs, including preterm babies (250 and 336 weeks divided into 3 GA intervals) with clinical signs of respiratory distress syndrome and stabilized on CPAP...
2024: Neonatology