Toward Optimal High Continuous Positive Airway Pressure as Postextubation Support in Preterm Neonates: A Retrospective Cohort Study

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to evaluate whether the initial pressure level on high continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP; ≥9 cm H₂O), in relation to preextubation mean airway pressure (Paw), influences short-term clinical outcomes in preterm neonates. STUDY DESIGN: In this retrospective cohort study, preterm neonates <29 weeks' gestational age (GA) extubated from mean Paw ≥9 cm H₂O and to high CPAP (≥9 cm H₂O) were classified into "higher …