PEDIATRICS Vol. 107 No. 4 April 2001, pp. 638-641

Randomized Trial of Nasal Synchronized Intermittent Mandatory Ventilation Compared With Continuous Positive Airway Pressure After Extubation of Very Low Birth Weight Infants

Received Jan 20, 2000; accepted Aug 3, 2000.

Keith J. Barrington^*, Dale Bull, and Neil N. Finer

From the ^* Department of Pediatrics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada and  Division of Neonatal/Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of California-San Diego, San Diego, California.

Objective.  To determine whether noninvasive, nasal synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation (nSIMV) improves the likelihood that very low birth weight infants will be successfully extubated.

Methods.  Infants of <1251-g birth weight who were due to be extubated before 6 weeks of age were eligible once they were receiving <35% oxygen and were on a ventilator rate of <18 breaths per minute (bpm). Extubation was performed following intravenous loading with aminophylline, after a successful trial of 12 hours of endotracheal synchronized intermittent mandatory ventilation at a rate of 8. Infants were randomized to either nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP) at 6 cm H₂O or nSIMV after extubation. nSIMV was commenced at a rate of 12 bpm with pressure on the ventilator set to achieve a delivered pressure of at least 12 cm H₂O and a peak end expiratory pressure of 6 cm H₂O. Continuous recording for diagnosis of apnea was performed for 72 hours after extubation. Objective criteria for failure of extubation were as follows: a PaCO₂ >70; FIO₂ >0.7; or severe recurrent apnea (>2 apneas requiring intermittent positive-pressure ventilation in 24 hours or >6 apneas >20 seconds per day). The study ended after 72 hours postextubation or when infants satisfied failure criteria. A sample size of 54 was determined by power analysis.

Results.  Mean birth weight (831 standard deviation [SD]: 193 g) and gestation (26.3 SD: 1.8 weeks) did not differ between groups. Mean age at extubation was 7.6 (SD: 9.7) days, range 1 to 40 days. The nSIMV group had a lower incidence of failed extubation 4/27 compared with the continuous positive airway pressure group, 12/27. This was attributable to both a decreased incidence of apnea and a decreased incidence of hypercarbia. There was no increase in the incidence of abdominal distension or feeding intolerance.

Discussion.  nSIMV is effective in preventing extubation failure in very low birth weight infants in the first 72 hours after extubation. Noninvasive ventilation may have other roles in the care of the very low birth weight infant.  Key words:  extubation, premature infant, randomized trial, continuous positive airways pressure, noninvasive ventilation.

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