Table 1.

The Larger NIMV studies, their comparisons, and the different interfaces and ventilators utilized.

Study	Comparison	Primary outcome	N	Synchrony	Interface	Device used for NIV
Afjeh et al. (69)	NIMV vs. CMV	N/A	499	N/A	N/A	N/A
Baneshi et al. (70)	NIMV vs. CPAP	Survival	120	N/A	Nasopharyngeal prongs	Event medical ventilator
Bhandari et al. (71)	NIMV vs. CPAP	Death or BPD	469	Yes	N/A	Infant star
(Biniwale and Wertheimer (72)	NIMV vs. T-Piece	DR intubation	221	No	Neotech RAM cannula	N/A
Chen et al. (73)	NIMV vs. bCPAP	Initial intubation	129	No	N/A	Draeger babylog, stephan bubble CPAP
Dumpa et al. (74)	Synchrony	N/A	410	Yes	N/A	Infant star, bear cub 750 psv
Dumpa et al. (75)	CMV vs. NIMV vs. CPAP	Death or BPD	164	Variable	N/A	Infant Star, Bear Cub 750 psv
Esmaeilnia et al. (76)	NIMV vs. CPAP	Extubation failure	160	N/A	N/A	N/A
Kirpalani et al. (77)	NIMV vs. CPAP	Death or BPD	1009	Variable	N/A	N/A
Mehta et al. (78)	NIMV only	Initial intubation	240	No	Ackrad INCA prongs	Avea
Meneses et al. (79)	NIMV vs. bCPAP	Initial intubation	200	No	Short Bi-nasal prongs	Inter Neo vs. bCPAP
Millar et al. (80)	Ventilator NIMV vs. Bi-Level	Death or BPD	497	Both	N/A	Draeger Babylog, Bird VIP/VIP Gold, Evita 4/XL, Servo 300/900c/I, and Others
Oncel et al. (81)	NIMV vs. NCPAP	Initial intubation	200	No	Ackrad INCA prongs	SLE neonatal ventilator
Ramanathan et al. (82)	NIMV vs. NCPAP	Reintubation	108	No	Nasal or NP prongs	Avea, SiPAP
Shi et al. (83)	NIMV vs. NCPAP	Initial intubation	179	No	N/A	Drager babylog