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Gabriela de Carvalho Nunes1,2, Caio Barbosa de Oliveira2, Marco Zeid2,3
1Department of Experimental Medicine.
Background:
A multidisciplinary comprehensive protocol to use bubble continuous positive airway pressure (bCPAP) as the primary respiratory support in the delivery room (DR) and the NICU was introduced. With this study, we aimed to assess the association of this change with respiratory outcomes over time.
Methods:
Infants with gestational age <32 weeks and birth weight <1250 g admitted between January 2012 and June 2020 were included and categorized into 4 periods, including pre-implementation (P0: 2012-2014), and post-implementation (P1: 2014-2016, P2: 2016-2018, P3: 2018-2020). The primary outcome was the rates of death and severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), and the secondary outcomes included the rates of DR and NICU intubation ≤7 days of age, need of surfactant, and pneumothorax. Multivariate logistic regression models accounting for relevant risk factors were used to calculate adjusted odds ratios (ORs).
Results:
The study included 440 infants (P0 = 90, P1 = 91, P2 = 128, P3 = 131). Over time, more infants were free of BPD (P < .001), and the rates of death and severe BPD decreased significantly: P1 = OR 1.21 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.56-2.67), P2 = OR 0.45 (95% CI 0.20-0.99), and P3 = OR 0.37 (95% CI 0.15-0.84). DR intubation decreased from 66% (P0) to 24% (P3) in the entire cohort (P < .001) and from 96% (P0) to 40% (P3) in infants <26 weeks of age (P < .001). The need for NICU intubation was similar (P = .98), with a decreased need for surfactant (P = .001) occurring at higher FiO2 (P0 = 0.35 vs P3 = 0.55, P < .001). Pneumothorax rates were unchanged.
Conclusions:
In very preterm infants, the implementation of a comprehensive bCPAP protocol led to a significant and consistent improvement in respiratory practices and the rates of death and severe BPD.
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