Bubble CPAP
Bubble CPAP is a non-invasive ventilation strategy for newborns with infant respiratory distress syndrome (IRDS). It is one of the methods by which continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) is delivered to a spontaneously breathing newborn to maintain lung volume during expiration. Bubble CPAP is a unique form of CPAP. Infants on Bubble CPAP have been reported to have chest wall vibrations similar to High Frequency Ventilation (HFV). Infants on Bubble CPAP were noted to have:
- Reduced delivery room intubations
- Decreased days on mechanical ventilation
- Reduction in postnatal steroid use
- Increased postnatal weight gain and
- No increase in complications