Crying and breathing by extremely preterm infants immediately after birth.
We reviewed videos of 61 extremely preterm infants taken immediately after birth. The majority cried (69%) and breathed (80%) without intervention. Most preterm infants are not apneic at birth.
Neonatal Research, The Royal Women's Hospital, Victoria, Australia. codonnell@nmh.ie
Colm P F
CP
O'Donnell
C Omar F
CO
Kamlin
Peter G
PG
Davis
Colin J
CJ
Morley
D045422:Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; D003448:Crying / Q000502:physiology*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D052577:Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight / Q000502:physiology*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000502:physiology*; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects; D011175:Positive-Pressure Respiration; D012119:Respiration; D012121:Respiration, Artificial