The Incubator
The Incubator
Ben Courchia & Daphna Yasova Barbeau
#396 - [Journal Club] - 📌 Surfactant Thresholds: Is 40% FiO2 as Safe as 30%?
15 minutes Posted Feb 10, 2026 at 7:00 am.
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Send a text In this episode of Journal Club, Ben and Daphna review a non-inferiority trial from the European Journal of Pediatrics exploring surfactant administration thresholds in preterm neonates. The study, conducted in India, compares a 30% versus 40% FiO2 threshold for babies 26-32 weeks gestational age. The hosts break down the counterintuitive findings regarding respiratory support duration in younger subgroups and discuss the broader implications of using rigid FiO2 heuristics versus ...