Life-threatening event during skin-to-skin contact in the delivery room.
After an uncomplicated term delivery, a newborn infant experienced a life-threatening even a few minutes after being born. Few such events have been described before, they may be due to suffocation; minor changes in surveillance can probably prevent these potentially devastating events.
Department of Pediatrics, Montreal Children's Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Brett
B
Schrewe
Annie
A
Janvier
Keith
K
Barrington
D001238:Asphyxia Neonatorum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D003696:Delivery Rooms; D004638:Emergency Treatment; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D060127:Kangaroo-Mother Care Method; D008297:Male; D055815:Young Adult