ABSTRACT
Objective To contrast clinical effect of normal frequency mechanical ventilation vs .nasal continuous positive air‐way pressure ventilation in the treatment of neonatal respiratory failure .Methods Sixty children diagnosed as neonatal respiratory failure were enrolled in our hospital from January 2013 to October 2014 ,and the children were randomly divided into observation group (n=31) and control group (n=29) .Observation group were given nasal continuous positive airway pressure ,children with the control group received normal frequency mechanical ventilation .The X‐ray of the two groups before treatment and 2 d after treatment were observed and scored ,the 3 d survival rate ,blood gas analysis index ,ventilator associated pneumonia ,time of opera‐tion ,and incidence of pulmonary hemorrhage were observed in the two groups .Results The X‐ray results showed that :after treat‐ment ,the two groups of children with X‐ray film scores were gradually decreased ,compared with before treatment ,the difference was statistically significant (P0 .05) . Time ,incidence of pulmonary hemorrhage and incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia in observation group were less than those in control group ,the difference was not statistically significant (P>0 .05) .Conclusion The normal frequency of mechanical ventilation and nasal continuous positive airway pressure can be effective reducing the relevance of respiratory pneumonia in the treatment of neonatal respiratory failure ,short‐term effect of nasal continuous positive airway pressure is slightly better than normal frequency mechanical ventilation .