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ReviewJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2009

To tube or not to tube babies with respiratory distress syndrome.

K C Sekar, K E Corff

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Review in Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Iatrogenic complications in the neonatal intensive care unit.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2010
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

K C SekarDepartment of Pediatrics, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Infant Breathing Disorders Center, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA. kris-sekar@ouhsc.edu
K E Corff
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of mechanical ventilation in premature infants with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) and respiratory failure often results in barotrauma, volutrauma and chronic lung disease (CLD). Research indicates that early surfactant therapy and initiation of nasal continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for these infants significantly reduces the need for mechanical ventilation and the incidence of CLD. Different CPAP delivery systems exist, each with some practical and clinical advantages and disadvantages. Clinical trials indicate that optimal management of neonatal RDS could be improved by early surfactant treatment followed immediately by extubation and stabilization on CPAP. Evidence suggests a synergistic effect between early surfactant administration (within 2 h of birth) and rapid extubation to nasal CPAP with a significant reduction in the need for mechanical ventilation and its associated morbidities.

Indexed as

Intubation, IntratrachealBronchopulmonary DysplasiaCombined Modality TherapyContinuous Positive Airway PressureHumansInfant, NewbornIntensive Care, NeonatalPulmonary SurfactantsRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRespiratory Distress Syndrome, NewbornPulmonary Surfactants

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PMID19399013
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