Table 1 Training request, respiratory strategies in the delivery room and NICUs, analgesia from the physicians’ questionnaires
Training Request | Number/Total | % |
Need for professional training | 102/113 | 90.2 |
High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV) | 51/113 | 45.1 |
Non Invasive Ventilation (NIV) | 63/113 | 55.7 |
Conventional Mechanical Ventilation (CMV) | 3/113 | 2.7 |
Volume-targeted ventilation (VT-CMV) | 17/113 | 15.0 |
Others | 17/113 | 15.0 |
Residential Training | 102/113 | 90.2 |
Management in the Delivery Room | ||
Sustained Lung Inflation | 83/111 | 74.8 |
Nasal Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (nCPAP) | 99/111 | 89.2 |
Ventilatory Support in NICU | ||
Invasive ventilation | ||
Conventional Mechanical Ventilation (CMV) | 72/113 | 63.7 |
High-Frequency Oscillatory Ventilation (HFOV) | 24/113 | 21.2 |
HFOV and CMV | 17/113 | 15.0 |
VT-CMV where CMV is used as first intention | 31/113 | 27.4 |
VT-CMV only during the weaning phase | 51/113 | 45.1 |
Non invasive ventilation | ||
nCPAP | 113/113 | 100 |
Bilevel CPAP | 84/113 | 74.3 |
High flow nasal cannula (HFNC) | 68/113 | 60.2 |
Nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) | 45/113 | 40.0 |
Synchronized nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (SNIPPV) | 10/113 | 8.8 |
Nasal HFOV | 6/113 | 5.3 |
Surfactant Administration in spontaneously breathing infants | Number | % |
INSURE approach | 103/113 | 91.1 |
LISA technique | 22/113 | 19.5 |
Analgesia and sedation | ||
Analgesia and sedation during mechanical ventilation | 86/113 | 76.1 |
Analgesia and sedation during INSURE | 61/103 | 59.2 |
Analgesia and sedation during LISA | 10/22 | 45.4 |