Initiating delivery room stabilization/resuscitation in very low birth weight (VLBW) infants with an FiO2 less than 100% is feasible
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Management of Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants in Delivery Room.
Extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants are particularly vulnerable at birth, and stabilization in the delivery room (DR) remains challenging. After birth, ELBW infants are at high risk for the development of thermal dysregulation, respiratory insufficiency, and hemodynamic instability due to their immature physiology and anatomy. Although successful stabilization facilitates the transition a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Perinatology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0743-8346,1476-5543
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2009.34