Table 1.

Clinical questions

Steps	Clinical questions
A — Airway	(a) What is the value of routine perineal suction to prevent MAS in infants born through MSAF?
	(b) What is the value of routine endotracheal suction to prevent MAS in infants born through MSAF?
B — Breathing	(a) What is known about techniques of initiating ventilation during newborn resuscitation?
	(b) What is the preferred empirical resuscitation gas in asphyxiated term or preterm infants?
C — Circulation	(a) What is known about the use of chest compressions in newborn resuscitation?
D — Drugs	(a) What is the value of bicarbonate in correcting newborn acidosis during newborn resuscitation?
	(b) What is the value of adrenaline in newborn resuscitation?
	(c) What is the value of glucose in newborn resuscitation?

MAS: meconium aspiration syndrome; MSAF: meconium-stained amniotic fluid.