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Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited Copyright © 2017 by the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2018 • Volume 19 • Number 6 (Suppl.) the average BBW is 1644.6±1088.2 gm (640–3675). PIE onset time: within the 1st 10 days of life, and 9 of 14 (64.3%) occurred within the 1st 3 days. There are 3 (21.4%) unil. PIE cases, and other 9 are bil.. Otherwise, 9 cases (64.3%) had concurrent other air-leaks such as pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum. When the PIE occurred, 3 infants were treated with NIPPV, and other 9 infants received intubation under conventional ventilator or HFOV support. The mortality rate was 21.4% (one died from NEC with perforation and two expired due to large PDA with massive pulmonary hemorrhage). All survival cases had complete radiological resolution of PIE and experienced successful extubation.
               
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