Newborn resuscitation: defining best practice for low-income settings

. 2006 Oct;100(10-4):899–908. doi: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2006.02.012

	Patients	Interventions	Outcomes
Meconium aspiration	Preterm or term infants born through MSAF	(a) perineal suction vs. no suction	Mortality, morbidity, MAS, pneumothorax, HIE, intubation complications
Meconium aspiration	Preterm or term infants born through MSAF	(b) endotracheal suction vs. no suction
Air vs. oxygen	Asphyxiated preterm or term neonates	Comparison of air vs. oxygen	Mortality, morbidity, neurodevelopmental sequelae
Sodium bicarbonate	Preterm or term infants	Use of any dose/rate of sodium bicarbonate	Mortality, morbidity, neurodevelopmental disability

MSAF: meconium-stained amniotic fluid; MAS: meconium aspiration syndrome; HIE: hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy.