🟢 HOT TOPICS 2025 COVERAGE -20 minutes of prophylactic CPAP for late preterm infants-The PLANT study
The Incubator Channel · 8 Dec 2025 · 9 min
Summary
Dr Edgardo Szyld presents the PLANT pilot trial of 20 minutes of prophylactic CPAP for late preterm infants born by caesarean section, reporting reduced NICU admissions without pneumothorax in 100 patients. He also outlines the planned multicentre PLANT 2 study, including comparison of outcomes with and without antenatal steroids.
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