Decreasing Intubation for Ineffective Ventilation after Birth for Very Low Birth Weight Neonates.

Unlabelled: Despite recommendations promoting noninvasive delivery room (DR) ventilation, local historical preterm DR noninvasive ventilation rates were low (50%-64%). Project aims were to improve DR noninvasive ventilation rate in very low birth weight (VLBW) neonates (<1500 g) with a focus on decreasing DR intubations for ineffective positive pressure ventilation (PPV).

Methods: We addressed drivers for improving noninvasive ventilation and decreasing intubations for ineffective PPV through plan-do-study-act cycles.