Clinical Trial: Lung Ultrasound as a Predictor for Successful Extubation in Preterm Infants
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Condition: no Conditions
Study Type: Observational
Official Title: Lung Ultrasound as a Predictor for Successful Extubation in Preterm Infants
Brief Summary:
unit (NICU); however prolonged MV is known to be associated with serious complications including ventilator associated pneumonia, blood stream infections, bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and periventricular leukomalacia. At the same time, extubation failure increases morbidities and mortality. Hatch et al (2016) in their prospective study on 162 infants described adverse events in 40% of intubations and severe complications including need for CPR in 9%. Reintubations are frequently associated with hypoxemia,…
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