Reintubation Rate between Nasal High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation versus Synchronized Nasal Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation in Neonates: A Parallel Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: Nasal high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (nHFOV) and synchronized nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (sNIPPV) were the new modes of noninvasive ventilation. This study's aim was to clarify as to which of the nHFOV and sNIPPV modes was superior in preventing postextubation failure or reintubation in neonates.

Study Design: An open-label parallel randomized study was performed.

Carbon Dioxide Level between Nasal High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation and Synchronized Nasal Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation after Extubation in Neonates: A Cross-over Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: Nasal high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (nHFOV) and synchronized nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (sNIPPV) yield a lower partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO) after extubation than nasal continuous positive airway pressure. Our aim was to clarify which of the two was superior.

Study Design: We performed a crossover randomized study to evaluate pCO level among 102 participants from July 2020 to June 2022.

Risk Factors for Mortality or Major Morbidities of Very Preterm Infants: A Study from Thailand.

Objective: Very preterm neonates have high rates of composite outcomes featuring mortality and major morbidities. If the modifiable risk factors could be identified, perhaps the rates could be decreased especially in resource-limited settings.

Study Design: We performed a prospective study in a Thai neonatal intensive care unit to identify the risk factors of composite outcomes between 2014 and 2021.

Risk Factors for 30-Day Mortality in Neonates With Carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii Sepsis.

Background: Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) sepsis is becoming an extreme threat caused by high-case fatality rates and poor prevention and control in ICUs worldwide. However, the risk of mortality among neonatal CRAB sepsis is still unclear.

Methods: A retrospective medical records review study, which aimed to identify the risk factors of mortality in neonates with CRAB sepsis (including both bacteremia and/or meningitis) in Thailand from 1996 to 2019.

Correlation and prediction of arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide from venous umbilical blood gases.

Background: Arterial partial pressure of carbon dioxide (pCO < sub > 2 < /sub > ) samples are lower in children and higher in fetuses when compared with venous samples. The correlation and prediction of pCO < sub > 2 < /sub > from umbilical venous (UVBG) to umbilical arterial blood gas (UABG) dyad in neonates are identified.

Methods: A prospective study was performed from July 2018 to December 2019.

Ventilator-Free Days in Neonatal Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia.

Objective: This study aimed to compare the ventilator-free days (VFDs) at day 28 and the short-term outcomes in neonates with and without ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP and non-VAP groups).

Study Design: We performed a cohort study in a Thai neonatal intensive care unit between 2014 and 2020 to identify the VFDs in VAP and non-VAP neonates. Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed.

Correlation and Prediction of Oxygen Index from Oxygen Saturation Index in Neonates with Acute Respiratory Failure.

Objective: The aim of this article was to evaluate the correlation between the oxygen index (OI) and the oxygen saturation index (OSI, measured by pulse oximetry and noninvasively) in neonates with acute respiratory failure and to predict the OI from the OSI.

Study Design: A retrospective cohort study was conducted in neonates requiring invasive mechanical ventilation who had arterial blood gas between 2018 and 2019 at a neonatal intensive care unit. The correlation between OI and OSI was analyzed by using the Pearson correlation coefficient.

Risk Factors Associated With 30-Day Mortality Among Neonates With A. baumannii Sepsis.

Background: Acinetobacter baumannii sepsis constitutes an extreme threat with a poor prognosis and is a difficult infection to control, especially in Asia. Moreover, a knowledge gap in the risk of mortality in neonatal A. baumannii sepsis still exists.