A comparison of two-fingers technique and two-thumbs encircling hands technique of chest compression in neonates

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 690-694

  Saini, S S ^a   Gupta, N ^a   Kumar, P ^a   Bhalla, A K ^a   Kaur, H ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

cardio pulmonary resuscitation; chest compression; external cardiac compression; newborn

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREMATURITY; PROPORTION OF CORRECT PLACEMENTS; RESCUE PERSONNEL; RESUSCITATION; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; THORAX COMPRESSION; TWO FINGERS TECHNIQUE; TWO THUMBS ENCIRCLING HANDS TECHNIQUE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; HEART MASSAGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE;

EID: 84865745674     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2011.167     Document Type: Article

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