Early or later prophylactic INSURE in preterm infants of less than 30 weeks’ gestation

Abstract

Okulu E, Arsan S, Mungan-Akın İ, Alan S, Kılıç A, Atasay B. Early or later prophylactic INSURE in preterm infants of less than 30 weeks’ gestation. Turk J Pediatr 2015; 57: 1-8.We aimed to determine whether an early prophylactic INSURE strategy combined with early nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) treatment could decrease the subsequent need for mechanical ventilation (MV) compared to the administration of surfactant prophylaxis later, at the 15thminute after birth, combined with early nCPAP. Infants born at