Crying and breathing by extremely preterm infants immediately after birth

Colm P F O'Donnell; C Omar F Kamlin; Peter G Davis; Colin J Morley

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.01.007

Crying and breathing by extremely preterm infants immediately after birth

J Pediatr. 2010 May;156(5):846-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.01.007. Epub 2010 Mar 16.

Authors

Colm P F O'Donnell¹, C Omar F Kamlin, Peter G Davis, Colin J Morley

Affiliation

¹ Neonatal Research, The Royal Women's Hospital, Victoria, Australia. codonnell@nmh.ie

PMID: 20236659
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.01.007

Abstract

We reviewed videos of 61 extremely preterm infants taken immediately after birth. The majority cried (69%) and breathed (80%) without intervention. Most preterm infants are not apneic at birth.

MeSH terms

Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
Crying / physiology*
Gestational Age
Humans
Infant, Extremely Low Birth Weight / physiology*
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature / physiology*
Intubation, Intratracheal / adverse effects
Positive-Pressure Respiration
Respiration*
Respiration, Artificial