title: [Early nasal continuous positive respiratory pressure therapy of infants with a birth weight less than or equal to 1500g. Survival and duration of treatment].
abstract: Survival and the therapeutic regime for 103 infants with birth weights (FV) less than or equal to 1,500 g admitted to the neonatal department of a county hospital were calculated and described. The total survival was 78 (76%) but the survival for infants with birth weights 1,001 g-1,500 g was 90% and for infants with birth weights 500 g-1,000 g was 50%. The therapeutic regime consisted of early supportive respiratory treatment in the form of nasal continuous positive airway pressure (N-CPAP) and O2, most frequently initiated during the first hour of life. Eight infants did not require supportive respiratory treatment. Nine infants required respirator treatment. Treatment with N-CPAP was frequently prolonged (several weeks) but it was associated with few side effects whereas O2 treatment was frequently brief (few days). It is concluded that this form of therapeutic regime for infants with birth weights of 1,000-1,500 g appears to result in the same survival as more intensive therapeutic regimes while the mortality for infants with birth weights under 1,000 g is still very high.
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Christensen
authors.forename: B T
authors.initials: BT
authors.lastname: Skraepgaard
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration
vernacular_title: Tidlig nasal kontinuerlig positiv luftvejstryksbehandling af børn med fødselsvaegt less than or equal to 1.500 g. Overlevelse og behandlingsvarighed.