OBJECTIVE To evaluate the neonatal resuscitation competence of obstetrical trainees to assess the gap in knowledge and to determine training needs. METHODS The cross-sectional study was conducted at the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Civil Hospital, Karachi, from January to March 2013 and comprised House Officers and Postgraduate trainees. A questionnaire was used to test the evalu...

BACKGROUND Neonatal resuscitation is a common and important intervention, and adequate ventilation is the key to success. In the delivery room, positive pressure ventilation is given with manual ventilation devices using face masks. Mannequins are widely used to teach and practise this technique. During both simulated and real neonatal resuscitation, chest excursion is used to assess tidal volu...

Aim: To investigate secular changes in neonatal resuscitation at birth. Methods: Single centre observational study of 17 890 infants born between May 1993 and April 1997. T-piece ventilation was introduced in April 1995. Observations: Rates and modes of ventilatory resuscitation, early neonatal encephalopathy, neonatal convulsions, and meconium aspiration syndrome; 1 and 5 min Apgar scores; mat...

AIM To evaluate neonatal resuscitation of infants born with severe asphyxia. METHOD All case records of the 472 claims for financial compensation due to suspected medical malpractice in conjunction with childbirth in Sweden between 1990 and 2005 were scrutinized. Inclusion criteria were: gestational age > or =33 completed weeks, planned vaginal onset of delivery, a reactive CTG at onset of la...

OBJECTIVES To report differences in neonatal health outcomes for a community-based antenatal program, the Aboriginal Maternity Group Practice Program (AMGPP; the intervention group), compared with two matched control groups eligible for standard antenatal care. DESIGN Non-randomised intervention study using data from the Western Australian Midwives Notification System. Regression models were ...

Shock frequently accompanies severe trauma. In addition to acute mortality, shock is a predominant risk factor for multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) and shock resuscitation is an obligatory early intervention. Because both under and over resuscitation contribute to the pathogenesis of MODS, the potential for MODS development can be minimized by developing a guideline to insure early co...

OBJECTIVES The level of expertise and degree of training in neonatal resuscitation (NNR) of emergency physicians is not standardized and has not been measured. We sought to determine the self-reported comfort with, knowledge of, and experience with NNR of emergency department (ED) staff in a general ED prior to the opening of a new neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and to explore factors asso...