OBJECTIVE To assess the structural capacity for, and quality of, immediate and essential newborn care (ENC) in health facilities in rural Ghana, and to link this with demand for facility deliveries and admissions. DESIGN Health facility assessment survey and population-based surveillance data. SETTING Seven districts in Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana. PARTICIPANTS Heads of maternal/neonatal wa...

Since the first report of neonatal case on March 29, 2020, a small number coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) cases in newborn infants have been reported Korea. The COVID-19 pandemic Korea has urged development response guidelines for born to mothers with suspected or confirmed COVID-19. These revised following further updates Korean Society Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Neonatology issued ...

OBJECTIVE To describe the new American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines for pediatric life support, based on the scientific evidence evaluated by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation, and endorsed and disseminated by North American resuscitation councils. SOURCES The guidelines for basic and advanced life support published in Circulation in November 2005 were reviewed togeth...

BACKGROUND The basic knowledge and skill base to resuscitate a newborn infant is taught in the Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP). We hypothesize that caregivers will perform below current acceptable standards before the recertification period of two years. METHODS This is a prospective descriptive study evaluating performance of pediatric residents' NRP knowledge and skills over time. NRP ...

Roentgenograms should be obtained judiciously and must not delay patient resuscitation or transfer. Three roentgenograms should be obtained during the secondary survey cervical spine (c-spine), anterior/posterior (AP) chest, and AP pelvis. These films can be taken in the resuscitation area, usually with a portable x-ray unit, during hiatuses in the resuscitation process. Equipment in the resusc...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To determine if a team dedicated to basic neonatal resuscitation in the delivery ward of a teaching hospital would impact the outcome of neonates delivered in Kampala, Uganda. METHODS A five-member team of nurses, trained in basic neonatal resuscitation attended 1046 deliveries over a thirty-one day pilot period. They were available in the delivery ward twenty-four hours e...

A telephone questionnaire was undertaken to evaluate the knowledge of resident paediatricians on the subject of the basic resuscitation of the acutely sick child. The questionnaire was targeted at 88 resident paediatricians in hospitals accepting paediatric emergencies in four health regions. Outcome was measured as a correct response to questions based on several emergency scenarios and on the...

The following guidelines are an interpretation of the evidence presented in the 2010 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations1). They apply primarily to newly born infants undergoing transition from intrauterine to extrauterine life, but the recommendations are also applicable to neonates who have completed...

Reprint: The American Heart Association requests that this document be cited as follows: Perlman JM, Wyllie J, Kattwinkel J, Wyckoff MH, Aziz K, Guinsburg R, KimHS, Liley HG,Mildenhall L, SimonWM, Szyld E, TamuraM, Velaphi S; onbehalf of theNeonatal ResuscitationChapter Collaborators. Part 7: neonatal resuscitation: 2015 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Car...