Survival after delivery room cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A national registry study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Survival after delivery room cardiopulmonary resuscitation (DR-CPR) is not well characterized in full-term infants, and survival outcomes after DR-CPR have not been defined across the spectrum of gestation. The study objectives were to define gestational age (GA) specific survival following DR-CPR and to assess the association between GA and DR-CPR characteristics and survival outcomes.

Methods

Retrospective cohort study of prospectively collected data in the American Heart Association Get With the Guidelines-Resuscitation registry. Newborn infants without congenital abnormalities who received greater than 1 min of chest compressions for DR-CPR were included. GA was stratified by categorical subgroups: ≥36 weeks; 33-35^6/7 weeks; 29-32^6/7 weeks; 25-

SUBMITTER: Foglia EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7321893 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature