Observational study comparing heart rate in crying and non-crying but breathing infants at birth.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stimulating infants to elicit a cry at birth is common but could result in unnecessary handling. We evaluated heart rate in infants who were crying versus non-crying but breathing immediately after birth.

Methods

This was single-centre observational study of singleton, vaginally born infants at ≥33 weeks of gestation. Infants who were crying or non-crying but breathing within 30 s after birth were included. Background demographic data and delivery room events were recorded using tablet-based applications and synchronised with continuous heart rate data recorded by a dry-electrode electrocardiographic monitor. Heart rate centile curves for the first 3 min of life were generated with piecewise regression analysis. Odds of bradycardia and tachycardia we

SUBMITTER: Kukka AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10083872 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature