Iowa Neonatology Handbook: Pulmonary

Neonatal Resuscitation

Jonathan M. Klein, MD
Peer Review Status: Internally Peer Reviewed

I. Resuscitation in the delivery room (see following charts). 

II. Use of Medications in the delivery room (see following charts).

III. Term infants who have required aggressive resuscitation in the delivery room (birth asphyxia, meconium aspiration, etc.) are at risk of developing persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn (PFC) and initially should be closely observed on 100% oxygen for signs of respiratory and right to left shunting, before slowly decreasing their supplemental oxygen (see section on PFC).

Reference:

Bloom, Copley (eds). Textbook of Neonatal Resuscitation. Dallas: American Heart Association, 1990.

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