The Incubator
The Incubator
Ben Courchia & Daphna Yasova Barbeau
#458 - [Journal Club] - 📌 Should late preterm infants born by cesarean receive prophylactic CPAP?
36 minutes Posted Aug 10, 2026 at 6:00 am.
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Send us Fan Mail Late preterm babies born by cesarean fill our NICUs, and most of them are there for respiratory distress that resolves in a day or two. Could 20 minutes of CPAP in the operating room keep them out? This week on Journal Club, Ben and Daphna break down the PLaNT trial, a five center randomized pilot of prophylactic CPAP at 5 to 6 cm of water in spontaneously breathing infants born at 34 to 36 weeks by cesarean. They then sit down with senior author Dr. Edgardo Szyld to talk pne...