Journal article
Heart rate changes during resuscitation of newly born infants <30 weeks gestation: An observational study
CH Yam, JA Dawson, GM Schmölzer, CJ Morley, PG Davis
Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal and Neonatal Edition | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2011
Abstract
The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation recommends starting positive pressure ventilation (PPV) in the delivery room when heart rate (HR) <100 beats per min (bpm) and giving cardiac compressions when HR <60 bpm. Objective: To describe the effect of PPV on HR in infants <30 weeks gestation with HR <100 bpm in the first minutes after birth. Study design: Retrospective observational study of infants, <30 weeks gestation, born between 14 February 2007 and 28 February 2009 with HR <100 bpm soon after birth. Methods: Infants with a HR <100 bpm receiving PPV at birth were eligible for the study. Video recordings and respiratory physiological data were obtained during delivery room resu..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Funding JAD and GMS are past recipients of RWH Postgraduate Scholarships. GMS is a recipient of a Monash University International Postgraduate Research Scholarship. PGD has an NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship. PGD and CJM hold an NHMRC Program Grant No. 384100 which partially funded this work.