Intact cord stabilisation and delivery room strategies: current practice in the UK
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Tamanna Williams; Laura Myers; Anne Elizabeth Bean; Catherine Smith
- Source
- Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition. 106(5)
- Subject
- Liaison committee
medicine.medical_specialty
Resuscitation
Cord
Audit
Umbilical Cord
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
030225 pediatrics
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Neonatology
Intensive care medicine
Positive end-expiratory pressure
business.industry
Delivery Rooms
Delivery room
Obstetrics and Gynecology
General Medicine
Delivery, Obstetric
Respiration, Artificial
United Kingdom
Current practice
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Female
business
Infant, Premature
- Language
- ISSN
- 1468-2052
Previous studies have shown that there is wide variation in resuscitation and stabilisation practices for both term and preterm neonates across the UK.1 The latest International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation guidance is clear on the benefits of providing Positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) for the initial ventilation of preterm infants.2 The benefits of delayed cord clamping (DCC) during initial stabilisation of preterm infants are also well documented3 and are recommended by the Resuscitation Council UK.4 The awaited National Neonatal Audit Programme report on data collected in 2019 will include national data on DCC rates across England, Scotland and Wales. However, there remains uncertainty as to whether to provide …