What is it about?
A global summary of severe short-term outcomes among delivery room chest compressions recipients and variation by birth setting, gestation, and level of care.
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Why is it important?
The review has brought evidence informing priorities for future research on neonatal chest compression events and support benchmarking of clinical practice and quality improvement initiatives.
Perspectives
Effective and neuroprotective delivery-room chest compressions should optimise both survival and long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes, reducing the lifelong burden of disability for infants and their families.
Wubet Alebachew Bayih
Debre Tabor University
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This page is a summary of: A systematic review of mortality and severe morbidities following newborn chest compressions at birth, Resuscitation, August 2026, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2026.111115.
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