Journal article

Sustained versus standard inflations during neonatal resuscitation to preventmortality and improve respiratory outcomes

Matteo Bruschettini, Colm PF O'Donnell, Peter G Davis, Colin J Morley, Lorenzo Moja, Simona Zappettini, Maria Grazia Calevo

COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS | WILEY | Published : 2017

Abstract

Background: At birth, infants' lungs are fluid-filled. For newborns to have a successful transition, this fluid must be replaced by air to enable effective breathing. Some infants are judged to have inadequate breathing at birth and are resuscitated with positive pressure ventilation (PPV). Giving prolonged (sustained) inflations at the start of PPV may help clear lung fluid and establish gas volume within the lungs. Objectives: To assess the efficacy of an initial sustained (> 1 second duration) lung inflation versus standard inflations (≤ 1 second) in newly born infants receiving resuscitation with intermittent PPV. Search methods: We used the standard search strategy of the Cochrane Neona..

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Grants

Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, USA


Funding Acknowledgements

Institute for Clinical Sciences, Lund University; Research & Development, Section for HTA Analysis, Skane University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.r Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.r University of Melbourne, Australia.r Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.r Murdoch Childrens Research Insitute, Australia.r National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia.r Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, USA.r Editorial support of the Cochrane Neonatal Review Group has been funded with Federal funds from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, USA, under Contract No. HHSN275201100016C