The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians
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J. Matern. Fetal. Neonatal. Med. · Dec 2011
Effect of multiple INSURE procedures in extremely preterm infants.
Our aim was to evaluate whether single and multiple intubation-surfactant-extubation (INSURE) procedures have similar effects on the need of mechanical ventilation (MV) and occurrence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) in extremely preterm infants. ⋯ Single and multiple INSURE procedures were followed by similar respiratory outcome in a cohort of extremely preterm infants. Further studies are warranted to evaluate whether the multiple INSURE strategy enhances the success rate of INSURE in preventing the need of MV and the occurrence of BPD.