Neonatal outcomes and resuscitation practices following the addition of heart rate-guidance to basic resuscitation.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To evaluate the impact of heart rate-guided basic resuscitation compared to Helping Babies Breathe on neonatal outcomes and resuscitation practices in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Methods

We conducted a pre-post clinical trial comparing heart rate-guided basic resuscitation to Helping Babies Breathe in three facilities, enrolling in-born neonates ≥28 weeks gestation. We collected observational data during a convenience sample of resuscitations and extracted clinical data from the medical record for all participants. We evaluated our primary outcome of effective breathing at three minutes after birth among newborns not breathing well at 30 seconds after birth employing generalized linear models using maximum likelihood estimation.

Results

Among 1,284 newbo

SUBMITTER: Patterson JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11778765 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature