Neonatal Resuscitation in the Delivery Room from a Tertiary Level Hospital: Risk Factors and Outcome

Seyyed-Abolfazl Afjeh; Mohammad-Kazem Sabzehei; Fatemeh Esmaili

IJ Pediatrics

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Neonatal Resuscitation in the Delivery Room from a Tertiary Level Hospital: Risk Factors and Outcome

Author(s):

Seyyed-Abolfazl Afjeh^1,*,

Mohammad-Kazem Sabzehei²,

Fatemeh Esmaili³

IJ Pediatrics:Vol. 23, issue 6; 675-680

Published online:Nov 27, 2013

Article type:Research Article

Received:Nov 05, 2012

Accepted:Jun 28, 2013

How to Cite:Seyyed-Abolfazl AfjehMohammad-Kazem SabzeheiFatemeh EsmailiNeonatal Resuscitation in the Delivery Room from a Tertiary Level Hospital: Risk Factors and Outcome.Iran J Pediatr.23(6):675-680.

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Objective: Timely identification and prompt resuscitation of newborns in the delivery room may cause a decline in neonatal morbidity and mortality. We try to identify risk factors in mother and fetus that result in birth of newborns needing resuscitation at birth. Methods: Case notes of all deliveries and neonates born from April 2010 to March 2011 in Mahdieh Medical Center (Tehran, Iran), a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, were reviewed; relevant maternal, fetal and perinatal data was extracted and analyzed. Findings: During the study period, 4692 neonates were delivered; 4522 (97.7%) did not require respiratory assistance. One-hundred seven (2.3%) newborns needed resuscitation with bag and mask ventilation in the delivery unit, of whom 77 (1.6%) babies responded to bag and mask ventilation while 30 (0.65%) neonates needed endotracheal intubation and 15 (0.3%) were given chest compressions. Epinephrine/volume expander was administered to 10 (0.2%) newborns. In 17 patients resuscitation was continued for >10 mins. There was a positive correlation between the need for resuscitation and following risk factors: low birth weight, preterm labor, chorioamnionitis, pre-eclampsia, prolonged rupture of membranes, abruptio placentae, prolonged labor, meconium staining of amniotic fluid, multiple pregnancy and fetal distress. On multiple regression; low birth weight, meconium stained liquor and chorioamnionitis revealed as independent risk factors that made endotracheal intubation necessary. Conclusion: Accurate identification of risk factors and anticipation at the birth of a high-risk neonate would result in adequate preparation and prompt resuscitation of neonates who need some level of intervention and thus, reducing neonatal morbidity and mortality.

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Respiratory Assistance

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