[Neurological development of newborn infants with idiopatic respiratory distress sindrome treated with positive pressure (author's transl)].

Thirty three cases of idiopathic respiratory distress sindrome treated with constant positive airway pressure are reviewed. The eighteen survivors treated with a modified Gregory-box where followed up to a mean age of eighteen months. No signs of hydrocephalus were found in any of them. All had a normal neurological examination, head circunference, electroencephalogram and, maturative quotient.