Duration of and trends in respiratory support among extremely preterm infants.

Dany E WeiszEugene YoonMichael DunnJulie EmberleyAmit MukerjiBrooke ReadPrakeshkumar S Shahnull null

Published in: Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition (2020)

Infants at the borderline of viability have experienced improved survival and earlier weaning from all forms of PPS, while those born at 26 and 27 weeks are spending more time on PPS in recent years. GA-based estimates of the duration of respiratory support and survival may assist in counselling, benchmarking, quality improvement and resource planning.

Keyphrases

preterm infants
quality improvement
low birth weight
gestational age
pet ct
free survival
mechanical ventilation
respiratory tract
patient safety
smoking cessation
intensive care unit