Abstract:Objective To investigate the clinical efficacy of caffeine citrate combined with mechanical ventilation therapy in neonatal respiratory distress syndrome (RDS). Methods Totally 100 newborns diagnosed with RDS and requiring mechanical ventilation were enrolled in NICU of our hospital from May 2014 to June 2017. They were randomly divided into the Caffeine citrate + mechanical ventilation treatment group (combination group) and mechanical ventilation treatment group (control group) according to the time of treatment after admission. The indexes of mechanical ventilation time, oxygenation time, hospitalization time and related complication rate were compared between the two groups. Results The average mechanical ventilation time of the combination group was lower than that of the control group, and the difference was statistically significant (P?0.05). However, the mean length of hospital stay and the incidence of nosocomial infection were not statistically significant (P?>?0.05). Conclusions The treatment of Caffeine citrate in newborns with RDS can effectively shorten the time of mechanical ventilation and oxygenation, but it has no advantage in shortening the length of hospital stay and reducing the incidence of nosocomial infection.