Abstract:Objective To evaluate the efficacy of the non-invasive high-frequency oscillatory ventilation (NHOV) and nasal intermittent positive pressure ventilation (NIPPV) in the treatment of neonatal meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS).?Methods?The data of 96 neonates with MAS admitted to Xuzhou Children’s Hospital from December 2017 to June 2019 were reviewed. According to the ventilation modes, the subjects were divided into group A (50 cases) and group B (46 cases). Group A was given conventional treatments including clearing the respiratory tract, anti-infection, improving circulation and electrocardiogram monitoring as well as implementing NHOV. Group B was given NIPPV on the basis of conventional treatment. The duration of ventilation, oxygen therapy and hospital stay, parameters for blood gas analysis and oxygenation index (PaO2/FiO2) at 2 h, 12 h, 24 h, 48 h after treatment, clinical efficacy at 72 h after treatment and the incidence of complications during the treatment were compared in both groups.?Results?The duration of ventilation, oxygen therapy and hospital stay in group A was all shorter than that in the group B (P < 0.05). The parameters for blood gas analysis and oxygenation index at 2 h, 12 h, 24 h and 48 h after treatment in group A and group B were compared, and it was found that PaO2, PaCO2, FiO2 and PaO2/FiO2 were different at different time points (P < 0.05). However, there was no significant difference in PaO2, PaCO2, FiO2 and PaO2/FiO2 between group A and group B (P > 0.05). Besides, there were significant differences in the change trend of PaO2, PaCO2, FiO2 and PaO2/FiO2 between group A and group B (P?0.05). There were no significant differences in clinical efficacy and overall response rate between the two groups 72 h after treatment (P?> 0.05). In addition, there was no significant difference in the incidence of complications between the two groups (P > 0.05).?Conclusions?NHOV and NIPPV can significantly improve the parameters for blood gas analysis and oxygenation index in the treatment of neonatal MAS. The effective rates and incidence of complications are similar between the two modes of noninvasive ventilation, but NHOV can shorten the duration of ventilation, oxygen therapy and hospital stay.