Effect of sustained inflation duration; resuscitation of near-term asphyxiated lambs

• Published in: Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition Vol. 98; no. 3; pp. F222 - F227
• Main Authors: Klingenberg, Claus, Sobotka, Kristina S, Ong, Tracey, Allison, Beth J, Schmölzer, Georg M, Moss, Timothy J M, Polglase, Graeme R, Dawson, Jennifer A, Davis, Peter G, Hooper, Stuart B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health 01.05.2013; BMJ Publishing Group; BMJ Publishing Group LTD
• Subjects: Animals; Animals, Newborn; Asphyxia - physiopathology; Asphyxia - therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Blood pressure; Compliance; Delivery. Postpartum. Lactation; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Heart Rate; Insufflation - methods; Lung - physiopathology; Lungs; Maternal, fetal and perinatal monitoring; Medical sciences; Physiology; Resuscitation - methods; Sheep, Domestic; Studies; Surfactants; Umbilical cord; Ventilation; Intensive cardiocirculatory care; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Inflation; Respiratory disease; Sheep; Duration; Artiodactyla; Asphyxia; Ungulata; Lamb

Objective The 2010 ILCOR neonatal resuscitation guidelines do not specify appropriate inflation times for the initial lung inflations in apnoeic newborn infants. The authors compared three ventilation strategies immediately after delivery in asphyxiated newborn lambs. Design Experimental animal stud...