Recommended Guideline for Uniform Reporting of Neonatal Resuscitation: The Neonatal Utstein Style

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Contributors

  • Elizabeth E. Foglia - , University of Pennsylvania (Author)
  • Peter G. Davis - , University of Melbourne (Author)
  • Ruth Guinsburg - , Federal University of São Paulo (Author)
  • Vishal Kapadia - , University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Author)
  • Helen G. Liley - , Mater Group Hospitals (Author)
  • Mario Rüdiger - , Department of Paediatrics, Center for feto/neonatal Health (Author)
  • Georg M. Schmolzer - , University of Alberta (Author)
  • Marya L. Strand - , Saint Louis University (Author)
  • Myra H. Wyckoff - , University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Author)
  • Jonathan Wyllie - , South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Author)
  • Gary M. Weiner - , University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Author)

Abstract

Clinical research on neonatal resuscitation has accelerated over recent decades. However, an important methodologic limitation is that there are no standardized definitions or reporting guidelines for neonatal resuscitation clinical studies. To address this, the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Neonatal Life Support Task Force established a working group to develop the first Utstein-style reporting guideline for neonatal resuscitation. The working group modeled this approach on previous Utstein-style guidelines for other populations. This reporting guideline focuses on resuscitation of newborns immediately after birth for respiratory failure, bradycardia, severe bradycardia, or cardiac arrest. We identified 7 relevant domains: setting, patient, antepartum, birth/preresuscitation, resuscitation process, postresuscitation process, and outcomes. Within each domain, relevant data elements were identified as core versus supplemental. Core data elements should be collected and reported for all neonatal resuscitation studies, while supplemental data elements may be collected and reported using standard definitions when possible. The Neonatal Utstein template includes both core and supplemental elements across the 7 domains, and the associated Data Table provides detailed information and reporting standards for each data element. The Neonatal Utstein reporting guideline is anticipated to assist investigators engaged in neonatal resuscitation research by standardizing data definitions. The guideline will facilitate data pooling in meta-analyses, enhancing the strength of neonatal resuscitation treatment recommendations and subsequent guidelines.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere2022059631
JournalPediatrics
Volume151
Issue number2
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2023
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

PubMed 36632729

Keywords

Keywords

  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Guidelines as Topic, Respiratory Distress Syndrome, Newborn/therapy, Humans, Bradycardia/therapy, Research Report/standards, Heart Arrest/therapy, Infant, Newborn

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