RESUSCITATION OF ELBW INFANTS: OBSTETRIC VS NEONATOLOGY ATTITUDES AND PRACTICES. † 963

Attitudes of obstetric and pediatric health care providers toward resuscitation of infants who are born at the margins of viability.

OBJECTIVES The objective of this study was to determine the attitudes of a variety of health care providers toward the recommendations that should be made to parents regarding the resuscitation of infants who are born at the margins of viability. METHODS A written questionnaire was distributed to the medical and nursing staff at 4 tertiary perinatal centers. For each of 5 weekly gestational a...

Family-witnessed resuscitation in emergency departments: doctors' attitudes and practices.

BACKGROUND Resuscitation of patients occurs daily in emergency departments. Traditional practice entails family members remaining outside the resuscitation room. OBJECTIVE We explored the introduction of family witnessed resuscitation (FWR) as it has been shown to allow closure for the family when resuscitation is unsuccessful and helps them to better understand the last moments of life. RE...

nutrition knowledge, attitudes and practices of physicions and medial students

Benefits of Caffeine Citrate: Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of ELBW Infants

Delivery room management of ELBW infants in Italy.

In this article we evaluated the consistency of practice and the adherence to the International Guidelines in early delivery room management of ELBW infants in Italy. A polyethylene bag/wrap was used by 54 centres (55.1%). In Northern regions, one centre (2.5%) reported to use oxygen concentrations >40% to initiate positive pressure ventilation in ELBW infants. These proportions were higher ...