Chan, Natalie Hoi-Man Merali, Hasan S. Mistry, Niraj Kealey, Ryan Campbell, Douglas M. Morris, Shaun K. Data, Santorino
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BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making
BackgroundHelping Babies Breathe (HBB) is a life-saving program that has helped reduce neonatal morbidity and mortality, but knowledge and skills retention after training remains a significant challenge for sustainability of impact. User-centred design (UCD) can be used to develop solutions to target knowledge and skills maintenance.MethodsWe appli...
Gurung, Rejina Gurung, Abhishek Basnet, Omkar Eilevstjønn, Joar Myklebust, Helge Girnary, Sakina Shrestha, Shree Krishna Singh, Dela Bastola, Laxman Paudel, Prajwal
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BackgroundSimulation-based training in neonatal resuscitation is more effective when reinforced by both practice and continuous improvement processes. We aim to evaluate the effectiveness of a quality improvement program combined with an innovative provider feedback device on neonatal resuscitation practice and outcomes in a public referral hospita...
Umunyana, Jacqueline Sayinzoga, Felix Ricca, Jim Favero, Rachel Manariyo, Marcel Kayinamura, Assumpta Tayebwa, Edwin Khadka, Neena Molla, Yordanos Kim, Young-Mi
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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BackgroundHelping Babies Breathe (HBB) is a competency-based educational method for an evidence-based protocol to manage birth asphyxia in low resource settings. HBB has been shown to improve health worker skills and neonatal outcomes, but studies have documented problems with skills retention and little evidence of effectiveness at large scale in ...
Urdal, Jarle Engan, Kjersti Eftestøl, Trygve Naranjo, Valery Haug, Ingunn Anda Yeconia, Anita Kidanto, Hussein Ersdal, Hege
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Computer methods and programs in biomedicine
Early neonatal death is a worldwide challenge with 1 million newborn deaths every year. The primary cause of these deaths are complications during labour and birth asphyxia. The majority of these newborns could have been saved with adequate resuscitation at birth. Newborn resuscitation guidelines recommend immediate drying, stimulation, suctioning ...
Gomo, Øystein Herwig Eilevstjønn, Joar Holte, Kari Yeconia, Anita Kidanto, Hussein Ersdal, Hege Langli
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Neonatology
Background: Ventilation is the key intervention to resuscitate non-breathing newborns. Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) may facilitate lung-liquid clearance and help establish functional residual capacity. Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe how mask leak and ventilation rates affect delivered PEEP and tidal volumes during newb...
Bjorland, Peder Aleksander Ersdal, Hege Langli Øymar, Knut Rettedal, Siren Irene
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Neonatology
Objective: Newborn resuscitation guidelines recommend initial assessment of heart rate (HR) and initiation of positive pressure ventilation (PPV) within 60 s after birth in non-breathing newborns. Pulse oximeter (PO) and electrocardiogram (ECG) are suggested methods for continuous HR monitoring during resuscitation. Our aim was to evaluate complian...
Solevåg, Anne Lee Garcia-Hidalgo, Catalina Cheung, Po-Yin Lee, Tze-Fun O'Reilly, Megan Schmölzer, Georg M.
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Neonatology
Background: In previous piglet experiments of profound asphyxia and cardiac arrest, recovery was similar when 21 and 100% oxygen were used for positive pressure ventilation (PPV). There was no consistent reduction in inflammation and oxidative stress in piglets ventilated with 21 or 100% oxygen. Objectives: We aimed to investigate hypoxic resuscita...
Herrick, Heidi Meredith Glass, Kristen M. Johnston, Lindsay C. Singh, Neetu Shults, Justine Ades, Anne Nadkarni, Vinay Nishisaki, Akira Foglia, Elizabeth E.
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Neonatology
Background: Characteristics of neonatal tracheal intubations (TI) may vary between the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and delivery room (DR). The impact of the setting on TI outcomes is not well characterized. Objective: The aim of this study was to define variation in neonatal TI practice between settings, and identify the association between...
Merali, Hasan S. Tessaro, Mark O. Ali, Khushboo Q. Morris, Shaun K. Soofi, Sajid B. Ariff, Shabina
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BMC Pediatrics
BackgroundEndotracheal tube (ETT) placement is a critical procedure for newborns that are unable to breathe. Inadvertent esophageal intubation can lead to oxygen deprivation and consequent permanent neurological impairment. Current standard-of-care methods to confirm ETT placement in neonates (auscultation, colorimetric capnography, and chest x-ray...
Jain, Deepak D’Ugard, Carmen Aguilar, Ana del Moral, Teresa Bancalari, Eduardo Claure, Nelson
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Neonatology
Introduction: Positive pressure ventilation (PPV) with T-Piece and self-inflating bag (SIB) during neonatal resuscitation after birth is associated with variability in ventilation. The use of a ventilator with respiratory function monitoring (RFM) for PPV, however, has not been evaluated. Objective: To determine if ventilator + RFM can reduce venti...
