Application of two different nasal CPAP levels for the treatment of respiratory distress syndrome in preterm infants—“The OPTTIMMAL-Trial”—Optimizing PEEP To The IMMAture Lungs: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial

Application of two different nasal CPAP levels for the treatment of respiratory distress syndrome in preterm infants—“The OPTTIMMAL-Trial”—Optimizing PEEP To The IMMAture Lungs: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial

Abstract Background Nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) applies positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) and has been shown to reduce the need for intubation and invasive mechanical ventilation in very low birth weight infants with respiratory distress syndrome. However, CPAP failure rat...

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Main Authors: Markus Waitz, Corinna Engel, Rolf Schloesser, Ulrich Rochwalsky, Sascha Meyer, Michael Zemlin, Bettina Bohnhorst, Corinna Peter, Marc Hoppenz, Thomas Pabst, Klaus-Peter Zimmer, Axel R. Franz, Harald Ehrhardt, Annesuse Schmidt, Alexander Larsen, Paul Hoffmann, Christoph Haertel, Eric Frieauff, Julia Sandkötter, Katja Masjosthusmann, Philipp Deindl, Dominique Singer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Nasal CPAP
RDS
Preterm infants
PEEP
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13063-020-04660-0

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