RESUSCITATION OF NEWBORN PREMATURE INFANTS—A Clinical Study of the Use of Positive Pressure Respiration

The Goddard-Bennett-Lovelace hand resuscitator was used for initiating respiration in 87 newborn infants with respiratory difficulties, during a five-month period at the Los Angeles County General Hospital. On alternate days, when the respirator was not used, 126 comparable infants received resuscit...

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Published in:California medicine 1958-04, Vol.88 (4), p.312-315
Main Authors: Wilson, Miriam G., Roscoe, Stanley N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asphyxia Neonatorum - therapy
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Cell Respiration
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
Lung
Old Medline
Positive-Pressure Respiration
Respiration
Respiration, Artificial
Resuscitation
Ventilators, Mechanical
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Summary:The Goddard-Bennett-Lovelace hand resuscitator was used for initiating respiration in 87 newborn infants with respiratory difficulties, during a five-month period at the Los Angeles County General Hospital. On alternate days, when the respirator was not used, 126 comparable infants received resuscitation by mouth-to-tracheal pressure and other means. Neither term infants nor previable infants benefited by use of the hand resuscitator, but premature infants weighing more than 1,000 gm. had a definite advantage, with a mortality of only 13 per cent for those treated with the resuscitator against 34 per cent among the controls. Neither roentgen nor postmortem studies of the lungs disclosed any consistent effect of any resuscitative measure employed. Images
ISSN:0008-1264
2380-9949