Optimizing chest compressions during delivery-room resuscitation.
There is a paucity of data to support the recommendations for cardiac compressions for the newly born. Techniques, compression to ventilation ratios, hand placement, and depth of compression guidelines are generally based on expert consensus, physiologic plausibility, and data from pediatric and adult models.
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75390-9063, USA. myra.wyckoff@utsouthwestern.edu
Myra H
MH
Wyckoff
Robert A
RA
Berg
D000818:Animals; D001238:Asphyxia Neonatorum / Q000628:therapy*; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000379:methods*; D003696:Delivery Rooms; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012123:Pulmonary Ventilation