[Recommendations for respiratory support in the newborn (I)].

The recommendations included in this document will be part a series of updated reviews of the literature on respiratory support in the newborn infant. These recommendations are structured into twelve modules, with the first three modules being developed in this work. Each module it is the result of a consensus process amongst all members of the Surfactant and Respiratory Group of the Spanish Society of Neonatology. They represent a summary of the published papers on each specific topic and of the clinical experience of each one of the members of the group. Each module includes a summary of the scientific evidence available, graded into four levels of recommendations.