Nasal Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation In Newborn Infants With Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Inclusion Criteria

• •1. Newborn infants with birth weight \>500 gm.
• •2. Gestational age \>24 completed weeks.
• •3. Intention to manage the infant with non-invasive respiratory support (i.e. no endotracheal tube), where either: 1) the infant is within the first 7 days of life and has never been intubated or has received less than 24 hours of total cumulative intubated respiratory support; 2)the infant is within the first 28 days of life, has been managed with intubated respiratory support for 24 hours or more and is a candidate for extubation followed by non-invasive respiratory support.
• •4. No known lethal congenital anomaly or genetic syndromes.
• •5. Signed parental informed consent.