Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank the Baby Friendly Ventilation Study Group. We are also grateful to all the parents, nurses and medical staff of the neonatal intensive care unit of Turku University Hospital for their willingness to assist with the study.
Author contributions: JL conceptualized and designed the study, collected data, carried out analyses and drafted the manuscript. VP collected data, reviewed and revised the manuscript. LL reviewed and revised the manuscript for important intellectual content. HS participated in the design of the study, collected data, reviewed and revised the manuscript for important intellectual content. All authors read and approved the final version of the manuscript.
Conflict of interest: The authors declare no competing interests.
Patient consent: Informed parental consents were obtained prior to study participation and the study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Hospital District of Southwest Finland (Approval number TO8/004/20).
ClinicalTrials.gov registration number : NCT04659083
Data availability statement: The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.