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Schmolzer, GM; Olischar, M; Raith, W; Resch, B; Reiterer, F; Muller, W; Urlesberger, B.
Delivery room resuscitation - Review of equipment and survey of practice in Austria
MONATSSCHR KINDERHEILK. 2010; 158(5): 471-+.
Doi: 10.1007/s00112-010-2171-y
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- Schmölzer Georg
- Co-authors Med Uni Graz
- Müller Wilhelm
- Raith Wolfgang
- Reiterer Friedrich
- Resch Bernhard
- Urlesberger Berndt
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- Abstract:
- Approximately 3%-6% of all newborn infants require some form of resuscitation at birth, making neonatal resuscitation one of the commonest medical interventions. An internationally agreed consensus statement and various guidelines advise how newborn infants should be resuscitated and suggest equipment to use. The aim of this study was to compare the current standard of neonatal resuscitation in Austria with the neonatal resuscitation guidelines published in 2005. A questionnaire was sent to Austrian neonatal units with delivery rooms. The questionnaire evaluated the use of positive pressure ventilation devices, pulse oximetry, laryngeal mask, oral (Guedel) airway, oxygen blenders, use of supplementary oxygen in term infants, CO2 detectors and polyethylene wrapping for infants a parts per thousand currency sign 28 weeks. All 20 neonatal units contacted answered the questionnaire. The initial oxygen concentration during resuscitation of term infants ranged between 21% and 100%. A total of 17 (85%) departments used oxygen blenders, the others a flow meter. Pulse oximetry was used in 20 (100%) departments, nine (45%) used a self-inflating-bag and a T-piece device. Two departments used either the self-inflating or the T-piece device and none used the flow-inflating bag. An oral airway (Guedel) was used in 10 (50%) and a laryngeal mask in eight (40%) departments. CO2 detectors were in use in six (30%) and polyethylene wrapping in 11 (55%) departments. This survey shows that, in line with the international trend, a wide-ranging variety of equipment is used also in Austria, reflecting the lack of data on neonatal resuscitation.
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- Neonatal resuscitation
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