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Optimising respiratory management is an important priority. The aim of this survey was to investigate current respiratory support strategies in neonatal transport and identify opportunities for the optimisation of clinical care and future research. A survey of all 18 transport groups in Ireland and the UK was performed. A 10-item structured questionnaire was administered through consultant neonatologists or lead nurses from each transport group between May and June 2024. There was a 100% response rate. There was variation in the types of neonatal ventilator used, and they differed from those on NICUs. A variety of invasive strategies were used, but volume-targeted ventilation was the most common, although different ventilators can deliver different volumes despite apparently the same settings. Non-invasive strategies were used by all, with humidified high flow nasal cannula (HHFNC) being the most common. Continuous carbon dioxide (CO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>) monitoring was used by most teams (94%): endotracheal CO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> assessments by 94% and transcutaneous monitoring by 70%. Only two teams employed closed loop automated oxygen control (CLAC).<\/jats:p>\n          <jats:p>\n            <jats:italic>Conclusion<\/jats:italic>: There is heterogeneity in the ventilators and respiratory strategies used by transport groups. Future research opportunities should include the comparison of those strategies on short- and long\u2010term outcomes, as well as whether continuous CO<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub> monitoring and CLAC have important benefits.\n<jats:table-wrap>\n              <jats:table>\n                <jats:tbody>\n                  <jats:tr>\n                    <jats:td align=\"left\">\n                      <jats:bold>What is Known:<\/jats:bold>\u2022<jats:italic> Nearly one quarter of neonatal transfers in the UK and Ireland are in infants mechanically ventilated.<\/jats:italic>\u2022<jats:italic> Optimising respiratory support strategies and reporting respiratory outcomes are research priorities in neonatal transport.<\/jats:italic>\n                    <\/jats:td>\n                  <\/jats:tr>\n                  <jats:tr>\n                    <jats:td align=\"left\">\n                      <jats:bold>What is New:<\/jats:bold>\u2022<jats:italic> Volume targeted ventilation is the most common respiratory support strategy used in neonatal transport groups in the UK and Ireland, with a heterogeneity of ventilators in use in neonatal transport versus in NICUs.<\/jats:italic>\u2022<jats:italic> There is a paucity of data reporting respiratory outcomes following neonatal transport including outcomes related to mode of ventilation, continuous carbon dioxide monitoring and closed loop automated oxygen control.<\/jats:italic>\n                    <\/jats:td>\n                  <\/jats:tr>\n                <\/jats:tbody>\n              <\/jats:table>\n            <\/jats:table-wrap>\n          <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00431-024-05947-z","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,4]],"date-time":"2025-01-04T01:44:08Z","timestamp":1735955048000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Respiratory support strategies in neonatal transport in the UK and Ireland"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"184","author":[{"given":"Allan","family":"Jenkinson","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Theodore","family":"Dassios","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nandiran","family":"Ratnavel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anne","family":"Greenough","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,4]]},"reference":[{"issue":"2","key":"5947_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"635","DOI":"10.1007\/s00431-020-03908-w","volume":"180","author":"D Trevisanuto","year":"2021","unstructured":"Trevisanuto D, Cavallin F, Loddo C, Brombin L, Lolli E, Doglioni N et al (2021) Trends in neonatal emergency transport in the last two decades. 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