Neonatal respiratory support strategies for the management of extremely low gestational age infants: an Italian survey

• Main Authors: Flavia Petrillo (Author), Camilla Gizzi (Author), Gianfranco Maffei (Author), Piero G. Matassa (Author), Maria Luisa Ventura (Author), Cinzia Ricci (Author), Roberta Pastorino (Author), Giovanni Vento (Author), on Behalf of Neonatal Pneumology Study Group Italian Society of Neonatology (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background We aimed to survey Delivery Room and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) respiratory strategies dedicated to the extremely low gestational age newborn (ELGAN - GA < 28 wks) in Italy. Methods A questionnaire was sent to 113 Italian level III centres. A lead physician and a nurs...