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Reliability of respiratory function monitor interpretation for neonatal resuscitation
  1. Elizabeth E Foglia1,
  2. Danielle D Weinberg2,
  3. Arjan B te Pas3,
  4. Janneke Dekker3,
  5. Jesse Y Hsu4
  1. 1 Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  2. 2 Neonatology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  3. 3 Neonatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
  4. 4 Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Elizabeth E Foglia, Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; foglia{at}chop.edu

http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2022-324369

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    A respiratory function monitor (RFM) is a potential tool to enhance the quality of positive pressure ventilation (PPV) inflations in the delivery room.1 The RFM calculates, displays and records data about tidal volumes, mask leak, airway obstruction and presence of spontaneous breathing. Although visual interpretation of respiratory signals is integral to this methodology, the reliability of these assessments is unknown. The study objectives were to determine the intrarater and inter-rater reliability of RFM signal interpretation.

    This was an observational study of RFM files recorded during PPV resuscitation of preterm infants using the NewLife Box RFM (Advanced Life Diagnostics, Weener, Germany). Four raters reviewed 16 RFM recordings twice using Pulmochart (Advanced Life Diagnostics) software. Raters manually confirmed or adjusted automated triggers …

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    • Contributors EEF conceptualised the study, contributed to data collection and analysis and wrote the first draft of this manuscript. ABtP, JD and DW collected data, interpreted the data and critically revised the manuscript. JH contributed to the statistical design, analysed the data and critically reviewed the manuscript. Each named author has read and approved the final draft of this manuscript and agrees to be accountable for all aspects of the work.

    • Funding This work was supported by the National Institutes of Health and the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD; grant numbers R03HD086655-01A1 and K23HD084727-01A1).

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.