Manual Ventilation in Neonates to save Pediatric Emergency - Video
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Overview
In our country, the biggest question posing is managing neonates and children in need of positive pressure ventilation (PPV) with manual ventilation are not an uncommon practice due to a lack of adequate resources, but due to lack of data on the outcome of manually ventilated neonates. This study was conducted to determine the short-term outcome of manually ventilated out born neonates admitted in pediatric emergency of tertiary care hospital in North India.
The retrospective study was conducted involving, 131 out born neonates who were manually ventilated with self-inflating bags (SIBs). Details regarding demographic variables, perinatal period, treatment received, ventilation, the reason for intubation and positive pressure ventilation, duration of intubation, complications related to positive pressure ventilation, diagnosis, and final outcome were noted.
The mean age of neonates were around 5 days and 76% of them were males. The common diagnoses were hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), early-onset neonatal sepsis (EONS), late-onset neonatal sepsis (LONS), and hyaline membrane disease (HMD). The survival rate was 22.1%. and 45.8% of cases died, and 32.1% left against medical advice (LAMA).
So, in conclusion One-fifth of manually ventilated outborn neonates survived. Complications related to positive pressure ventilation, and presence of shock, and hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy were an independent predictor of poor outcome. Therefore, the facilities for the care of outborn neonates need to be upgraded, but in the setting where these facilities are not available, the provision of manual ventilation may save a significant number of babies.
Reference:
Anne RP, Angurana SK, Kumar P, et al. Short-term Outcome of Manually Ventilated Outborn Neonates Admitted in Pediatric Emergency of a Developing Economy. J Postgrad Med Edu Res 2022;56(2):75–80.
Speakers
Dr. Nandita Mohan
BDS, MDS( Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry)
Dr. Nandita Mohan is a practicing pediatric dentist with more than 5 years of clinical work experience. Along with this, she is equally interested in keeping herself up to date about the latest developments in the field of medicine and dentistry which is the driving force for her to be in association with Medical Dialogues. She also has her name attached with many publications; both national and international. She has pursued her BDS from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore and later went to enter her dream specialty (MDS) in the Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry from Pt. B.D. Sharma University of Health Sciences. Through all the years of experience, her core interest in learning something new has never stopped. She can be contacted at editorial@medicaldialogues.in. Contact no. 011-43720751
Dr Kamal Kant Kohli-MBBS, DTCD- a chest specialist with more than 30 years of practice and a flair for writing clinical articles, Dr Kamal Kant Kohli joined Medical Dialogues as a Chief Editor of Medical News. Besides writing articles, as an editor, he proofreads and verifies all the medical content published on Medical Dialogues including those coming from journals, studies,medical conferences,guidelines etc. Email: drkohli@medicaldialogues.in. Contact no. 011-43720751
