Jucille Meneses, Vineet Bhandari, Joao G Alves
OBJECTIVE: To determine among preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome whether the use of early nasal intermittent positive-pressure ventilation (NIPPV) vs nasal continuous positive airway pressure (NCPAP) decreases the need for invasive ventilation within the first 72 hours of life. DATA SOURCES: MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, and clinicaltrials.gov were searched, as well as abstracts from meetings of the Pediatric Academic Societies...
April 2012: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine