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