: Mechanical ventilation is necessary for a sizable majority of newborns admitted to the NICU, and mechanically ventilated neonates have a high mortality rate. The most common reasons for neonates to need mechanical ventilation are post-resuscitation, following surgery, and respiratory failure caused by respiratory distress syndrome (RDS), apnea, hypoxia, meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS), sepsis, pneumonia, and transient tachypnea of the newborn (TTN). In this article we describe the clinical profile and short term outcomes of neonates requiring assisted mechanical ventilation. Sepsis has been observed the most frequent complication, with a 60% survival rate, compared to 100% fatality rates for shock, intraventricular haemorrhage, disseminated intravascular coagulation, air leak syndrome, and pulmonary haemorrhage. Favourable outcome was seen in patients with APGAR score more than 7.
Chaudhary et al. (Thu,) studied this question.