2020 international consensus on cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care science with treatment recommendations

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Contributors

  • Neonatal Life Support Collaborators - (Author)
  • Department of Paediatrics
  • Center for feto/neonatal Health
  • UT Southwestern
  • South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • University of Alberta
  • Federal University of São Paulo
  • Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
  • University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
  • Jichi Medical University
  • National Center for Child Health and Development
  • Seoul National University
  • University of Queensland
  • The University of Auckland
  • Middlemore Hospital
  • Cornell University
  • University of Calgary
  • University of Oxford
  • NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
  • University of Oklahoma
  • University of Padua
  • Resuscitation Council of Southern Africa
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • University of Washington

Abstract

This 2020 International Consensus on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science With Treatment Recommendations (CoSTR) for neonatal life support includes evidence from 7 systematic reviews, 3 scoping reviews, and 12 evidence updates. The Neonatal Life Support Task Force generally determined by consensus the type of evidence evaluation to perform; the topics for the evidence updates followed consultation with International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation member resuscitation councils. The 2020 CoSTRs for neonatal life support are published either as new statements or, if appropriate, reiterations of existing statements when the task force found they remained valid. Evidence review topics of particular interest include the use of suction in the presence of both clear and meconium-stained amniotic fluid, sustained inflations for initiation of positive-pressure ventilation, initial oxygen concentrations for initiation of resuscitation in both preterm and term infants, use of epinephrine (adrenaline) when ventilation and compressions fail to stabilize the newborn infant, appropriate routes of drug delivery during resuscitation, and consideration of when it is appropriate to redirect resuscitation efforts after significant efforts have failed. All sections of the Neonatal Resuscitation Algorithm are addressed, from preparation through to postresuscitation care. This document now forms the basis for ongoing evidence evaluation and reevaluation, which will be triggered as further evidence is published. Over 140 million babies are born annually worldwide (https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/ births-and-deaths-projected-to-2100). If up to 5% receive positive-pressure ventilation, this evidence evaluation is relevant to more than 7 million newborn infants every year. However, in terms of early care of the newborn infant, some of the topics addressed are relevant to every single baby born.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)S48-S87
JournalPediatrics
Volume147
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2021
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMed 33087553

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