Annals of Saudi medicine
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Annals of Saudi medicine · Nov 2011
Success rate and neonatal morbidities associated with early extubation in extremely low birth weight infants.
Mechanical ventilation improves survival of preterm infants with respiratory failure. The aim of this study was to determine the success rate and short-term neonatal morbidities of early extubation in extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants in a tertiary care neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). ⋯ The rate of successful early extubation in our unit exceeded the sole previously reported rate. Successful early extubation was associated with lower rates of death, IVH, and PDA in ELBW infants.