Acceptable stimuli are drying the baby and suctioning the airway, which will be sufficient to stimulate most neonates. Do not stimulate the baby too vigorously and never shake a baby. Do not spend too long trying to induce a response through stimulation. Instead, focus on other interventions. The Apgar score is a virtually universal instrument to assess newborn health and viability. You may wonder why it is not used to direct resuscitation efforts in neonates. The reason is simple: neonatal resuscitation, for those who need it, must begin before the first assignment of an Apgar score. While 60 seconds after birth does not seem like a long time, every second matters in neonatal resuscitation. Instead of Apgar score, healthcare professionals will focus on three factors at the time of birth: airway, breathing, and circulation.

While adult resuscitation guidelines have moved to CAB, neonatal resuscitation still follows the ABCs because most neonates who need resuscitation require airway and breathing support, and less often circulatory support. The reverse is true in adults. The initial assessment of every newborn baby, performed at the moment of birth, includes three questions: 1. Is the baby born at term? Does the baby have good muscle tone? If the answer to all three of these questions is yes, the baby may stay with the mother. If the answer to any of these 3 questions is no, proceed to further evaluation. Every neonate requires a few steps before initial mother child bonding can occur. All babies should be immediately assessed for airway patency and proper ventilation. If the baby is not breathing , he or she will need resuscitation.

To confirm cyanosis, you can use a pulse oximeter. An oximeter provides the percentage of oxygenation in the blood specifically hemoglobin. The right arm receives blood from the aorta prior to the ductus arteriosus. Importantly, you do not want oximetry to get in the way of resuscitation. Normal oxygen saturation values vary by the age of the neonate, measured in minutes, as presented in the table. As previously described, very few newborn babies will require chest compressions or epinephrine. In fact, most neonates will respond to simple warming and airway suctioning. The goal of neonatal resuscitation is to act promptly, but with a measured, reasonable approach. As such, it is helpful to think about the interventions that neonates require most often to least often. The percent of oxygen that should be used during resuscitation depends on whether the baby made it to term.

Unfortunately, high concentrations of oxygen are toxic to lung tissue, especially in preterm neonates. Positive pressure ventilation can be achieved with different types of bag-mask devices, which have different relative advantages and disadvantages. The process of bag mask ventilation in neonatal resuscitation is the same regardless of the device chosen:. Suction: Mucus or secretions should be suction from the nose and mouth before starting positive pressure ventilation and as needed throughout the procedure. Position: Proper positioning is key to effective positive pressure ventilation. In other words, the oropharynx should be placed at a 90° angle.

Likewise, the size of the mask used should be appropriate to the size of the baby. Proper technique is important for achieving and maintaining a tight seal. On the other hand, it is important not to use excessive volume or pressure as this can cause barotrauma, or trauma to the lungs due to excessive pressures. Positive pressure ventilation has generally been effective if the baby makes bilateral breath sounds and demonstrates chest movement. If positive pressure ventilation is not working, there are things to check, including the position of the mask you may be using and the position of the airway.

Increasing pressure and the suction on mouth or nose are other strategies to improve the effects of positive pressure ventilation. Research has also shown that applying surfactant, which is a substance that reduces surface tension, through a catheter, can improve positive airway pressure and minimize the requirement of mechanical ventilation Gopel et al. Another time to think about using a laryngeal mask is when the facemask is not achieving positive-pressure ventilation and intubation is not feasible. However, there are a number of shortcomings associated with laryngeal masks that should also be considered before initiating their use, which include:.

Successful intubation requires a specifically trained professional, and one of these individuals should always be present at delivery, in case intubation is necessary. The placement of the intubation tube can also be confirmed by visualizing the tube between the vocal cords, and x-rays can be used to confirm the chest placement of the tube. Chest compressions increase the pressure within the thoracic cavity by compressing the heart against the spine, thereby reducing the volume within that space. The effect is that blood should circulate to important organs of the body. The two-thumb technique is generally the best way to perform chest compressions Panel A. You can locate the area where compressions should be performed by finding the xiphoid along the lower part of the rib cage. You can then place your thumbs above the xiphoid, on the sternum. During the compressions, you will want to ensure that chest movement occurs, and your thumb remains in contact with the chest. Release all the pressure during the relaxation phase of compression, and the release should last longer in time than the downward compression.

Finger compressions Panel B are acceptable, but less effective, generally. Epinephrine, or adrenaline, increases blood pressure and stimulates the heart. Epinephrine should be rapidly administered to a newborn through the umbilical vein if the heart rate has stayed below 60 beats per minute after 30 seconds of assisted ventilation. Newborns should be given doses of epinephrine ranging from 0. After epinephrine is used, chest compressions and ventilations should be resumed for an additional minute. If a newborn is not responding to resuscitation and seems to be in shock, volume expansion can be undertaken with a volume expander. Volume expansion can be achieved with normal saline 0. If severe anemia is present, Type O, Rh-factor-negative blood is also acceptable. This can be followed by a second dose, if needed. There are a number of things that should be prepared ahead of every single birth, to ensure efficient resuscitation procedures are implemented if resuscitation is required.

The things to prepare include:. If resuscitation does not seem to be working, there are some special considerations that should be assessed. In many cases, complication relates to a constricted or blocked airway such aslaryngeal webs, cystic hygroma, or congenital goiter. Practically speaking, the airway obstruction is usually in the nasal pharynx e. Babies do not normally breathe through their mouths unless they are crying. In a way, they can be considered obligate nose breathers. In the case of choanal atresia, however, the nasal airway is not fully patent open. This means that the baby can only breathe effectively through crying or with assistance. One clue to the existence of choanal atresia is the presence of meconium or mucus is in the nasal airway. A suction catheter gently applied through the nares into the posterior pharynx can test for this condition. If the catheter cannot pass so that it is visible in the oral pharynx, you can assume that choanal atresia exists and an oral airway will be necessary.

These congenital abnormalities essentially result in a blocked oral pharynx as opposed to a blocked nasal pharynx present in choanal atresia. Intubation through the mouth is quite difficult in a child with Robin syndrome. Putting the baby on its stomach can push the tongue forward and open the airway. If that action is not adequate to improve the condition, a catheter can be used to open the airway. The neonate, and especially the premature infant, can develop one or more problems in the lungs that complicate neonatal resuscitation. In the very premature infant, the lungs either cannot support respiration and oxygenation or can only do so marginally. Artificial surfactant can help considerably in these cases by reducing surface tension in the alveoli and reducing pressures required to ventilate the lungs. Another form of lung malformation is pulmonary hypoplasia.

In pulmonary hypoplasia which is more common in fetuses exposed to insufficient amounts of amniotic fluid during gestation , the lungs have simply not formed during fetal development. Less severe cases of pulmonary hypoplasia can be effectively treated with long-term intensive care, but children with severe cases of pulmonary hypoplasia often do not survive the neonatal period. Some of the more common causes of impaired lung function can be reversed with timely bedside or surgical procedures, assuming they are detected in the early neonatal period. For example, many babies who require neonatal resuscitation are born with a pneumothorax or develop one during resuscitation particularly ventilation.

In pneumothorax is the presence of air in the pleural space, between the chest wall and the outside of the lungs. A pneumothorax causes substantial respiratory distress and is diagnosed through trans illumination of the chest cavity, the absence of lung sounds of one of the chest, or a portable chest x-ray if needed. A pneumothorax can be treated with needle thoracostomy where the placement of a catheter to evacuate the air in the pleural space. Pleural effusions and congenital diaphragmatic hernias are rare, but potentially treatable causes of poor lung function in the neonate.

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