Neonatal resuscitation: Raising the bar

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 157-162

  Finer, Neil N ^a,b   Rich, Wade D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asphyxia; Delivery room; Infant; Intubation; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN; POLYETHYLENE;

AIRWAY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; COLORIMETRY; DELIVERY ROOM; DEVELOPMENT; DISABILITY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ENVIRONMENT; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; GROWTH; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETER; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SAFETY; TEMPERATURE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BODY TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; POSITIVE-PRESSURE RESPIRATION; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 1642294211     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-200404000-00007     Document Type: Review

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