TY - JOUR T1 - The importance of autopsy after failed delivery room resuscitation JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition JO - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed SP - F504 LP - F504 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2012-302988 VL - 98 IS - 6 AU - Thomas M Berger AU - Martin Jöhr Y1 - 2013/11/01 UR - http://fn.bmj.com/content/98/6/F504.abstract N2 - This female infant was born at 34 weeks of gestation by spontaneous vaginal delivery following increasing polyhydramnios and premature rupture of membranes. At 22 weeks of gestation, a left-sided diaphragmatic hernia with minimal mediastinal shift and a favourable head-to-lung ratio had been diagnosed. After delivery, following a short period of bag-mask ventilation with apparently appropriate chest excursions, oro-tracheal intubation was performed without difficulty by a senior neonatologist. When no chest excursions were visible despite high inspiratory pressures, endotracheal tube malposition was assumed and bag-mask ventilation … ER -