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Table 2 Eligibility criteria

From: Barriers and facilitators to implementing bubble CPAP to improve neonatal health in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

Inclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria

• Discussed implementation and/or utilization of self-identified bubble CPAP systems with neonates (≤ 28 days old)

• At a health facility in sub-Saharan Africa

• Randomized controlled trials, quasi-experimental studies, observational and exploratory studies, case studies, economic evaluations, programme reports and clinical charting

• Neonatal data not separated from older infants older than 28 days, older children and/or adults

• Studies that do not specify bubble CPAP from other forms of CPAP or neonatal respiratory support systems

• Studies without primary data collection on using bubble CPAP in a health facility

• Study protocols, literature reviews, conference proceedings, letters to the editor, opinion papers, editorials and abstracts

• Not in English