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Respiratory outcome in late childhood after neonatal continuous negative pressure ventilation
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- Published on: 22 March 2016
- Published on: 22 March 2016Long Term Benefit of CNEP needs to be Qualified.Show More
Dear Editor,
Teford et al(1), have done a remarkable job of recruiting 65% of the original cohort of the Continuous Negative Extra thoracic Pressure (CNEP) study at 9.6-14.9 yrs of age.However their conclusion that there is no long term benefit of CNEP needs to be qualified.
In the original paper benefits were only moderate. There was no improvement in the mortality but a small reduction in the incidence of BPD...
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