“It is possible that the skills and experience of all levels of neonatal staff at the Countess of Chester hospital were not adequate for caring for the endotracheal tube in a very premature baby.

Beractant and calfactant are administered intratracheally by instillation through a size 5 French end-hole catheter inserted into the infant's endotracheal tube, with the tip of the catheter ...

Neonates with an EGA of >29 weeks who required ... a size 5 French end-hole catheter inserted into the infant's endotracheal tube, with the tip of the catheter protruding just beyond the end ...