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Don't stop now? How long should resuscitation continue at birth in the absence of a detectable heartbeat?
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- Published on: 4 November 2015
- Published on: 4 November 2015Stopping rules for resuscitation at birthShow More
I read with interest the editorial by D Wilkinson and B Stenson commenting on a series of papers which suggest that current outcomes of neonates with APGAR scores of zero at 10 minutes are not universally poor. Given that stopping at 10 minutes in all cases will then lead to a number of unnecessary death they rightly ask what stopping time is appropriate.
I wonder if this is the right question. A baby who has fa...
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