title: Neonatal stabilization and postresuscitation care.
abstract: Neonatal mortality is a major health care concern worldwide. Neonatal resuscitation alone does not address most causes of neonatal mortality; caregivers need to be trained in both neonatal resuscitation and stabilization. Neonatal stabilization requires caregivers to evaluate whether babies are at-risk or unwell, to decide what interventions are required, and to act on those decisions. Several programs address neonatal stabilization in a variety of levels of care in both well-resourced and limited health care environments. This article suggests a shift in clinical, educational, and implementation science from a focus on resuscitation to one on the resuscitation-stabilization continuum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Newborn Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02492, USA.
authors.forename: Steven A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Ringer
authors.forename: Khalid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Aziz
mesh_terms: D003657:Decision Making; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D009359:Neonatology / Q000193:education*; D019370:Observation; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000592:standards*; D018570:Risk Assessment