Controversies about the resuscitation of extremely preterm infants in the delivery room

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 81, Issue 1 SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages

  Branco De Almeida, Maria Fernanda ^a,b,c,d   Guinsburg, Ruth ^a,b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS   (United States)

^c Brazilian Society of Pediatrics   (United States)

^d UNIFESP/EPM ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asphyxia neonatorum; Newborn infant; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALBUMIN; BICARBONATE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURFACTANT;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BAROTRAUMA; BRADYCARDIA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERNATREMIA; HYPOTENSION; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LUNG DYSPLASIA; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; LUNG INJURY; LUNG VOLUME; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDLINE; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; OXYGENATION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREMATURITY; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; THERMOREGULATION; VASODILATATION; VOLUTRAUMA; DELIVERY ROOM; ETHICS; LUNG VENTILATION; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; OXYGEN THERAPY; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

DELIVERY ROOMS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; OXYGEN INHALATION THERAPY; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RESUSCITATION;

EID: 27744564746     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: 00217557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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