Neonatal Heart Rate at Birth
A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Pediatric Neonatology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 March 2025 | Viewed by 2583
Special Issue Editors
Interests: equipment design; process and training to achieve motherside neonatal resuscitation with an intact cord
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Interests: neonatal transition; neonatal resuscitation; neonatal jaundice; phototherapy for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia; near-infrared spectroscopy
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Dear Colleagues,
Heart rate is the main determinant of a neonate immediately after birth. ILKCOR recommends this is determined initially by auscultation. The auscultation is performed by one individual, requires the mental calculation of the rate, is undocumented in real-time, and is not available for review or audit.
In this Special Issue, we aim to review new technological approaches which provide more accurate measurement and present the evidence for any other method. With the change in practice towards resuscitation with an intact cord, the normal range of heart rate immediately after birth needs to be reviewed and the thresholds for intervention reconsidered.
There have been a number of modifications of technology (oximetry, ECG and Doppler) that provide easier and more accurate heart rate measurements immediately after birth. The advantages and disadvantages of these approaches need review and the evidence they provide to see if there is any need for a change in what is considered the physiological norm.
We welcome papers featuring reviews of the methods for determining the heart rate in the first few minutes after birth, descriptions of any new equipment available, and evidence for the superiority of any new method, especially if feasible for use in Cesarean births and during resuscitation with an intact cord.
Dr. David Hutchon
Dr. Simone Pratesi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- heart rate at birth
- normal range
- resuscitation
- cesarean section
