A delivery room approach to the meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS). Immediate intubation, endotracheal suction, and oxygen administration can reduce morbidity and mortality.
D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D001239:Inhalation; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D008470:Meconium; D009725:Nurseries, Hospital; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; D012127:Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000379:methods*; D013396:Suction