Delivery Room Practice Change Following the Initiation of the NICHD SUPPORT Trial

Delivery Room Practice Change Following the Initiation of the NICHD SUPPORT Trial

This study was designed to analyze whether initiation of the NICHD Neonatal Research Network SUPPORT trial was followed by a change in frequency of endotracheal intubation the delivery room in non-participants and whether these changes were associated with changes in management and outcomes.

The investigators hypothesized that the investigators would observe following the initiation of the SUPPORT trial a 33% reduction in the rate of intubation in the delivery room among non-participants preterm infants at Parkland Memorial Hospital.

Inclusion Criteria:

• All babies born at Parkland Memorial Hospital with gestational age at least 24 weeks and less than 35 weeks between 01/2003 and 06/2010

Exclusion Criteria:

• Infants receiving comfort care
• Those with major congenital anomalies
• Those enrolled in the SUPPORT trial