Free-flow oxygen delivery to newly born infants
- Correspondence to:
Jennifer Dawson
Division of Newborn Services, The Royal Women’s Hospital, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia; jennifer.dawson{at}rwh.org.au
- Accepted 23 October 2006
- Published Online First 1 November 2006
Abstract
Resuscitation guidelines recommend administration of free-flow oxygen to newly born infants who breathe but remain cyanosed. Self-inflating resuscitation bags are described as unreliable for this purpose. We measured oxygen concentrations ⩾80% delivered through a 240 mL Laerdal self-inflating resuscitation bag and from 5 mm tubing inside a cupped hand.
Footnotes
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Supported in part by a RWH Postgraduate degree scholarship (CPFOD and COFK) and a NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship (PGD).
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Competing interests: None.
