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Safe emergency neonatal airway management: current challenges and potential approaches

Joyce E O'Shea, Alexandra Scrivens, Gemma Edwards, Charles Christoph Roehr

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Abstract

This review examines the airway adjuncts currently used to acutely manage the neonatal airway. It describes the challenges encountered with facemask ventilation and intubation. Evidence is presented on how to optimise intubation safety and success rates with the use of videolaryngoscopy and attention to the intubation environment. The supraglottic airway (laryngeal mask airway) is emerging as a promising neonatal airway adjunct. It can be used effectively with little training to provide a viable alternative to facemask ventilation and intubation in neonatal resuscitation and be used as an alternative conduit for the administration of surfactant.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)236-241
Number of pages6
JournalArchives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition
Volume107
Issue number3
Early online date21 Apr 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 Oct 2023

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© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2022. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ.

Keywords

  • Airway Management
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Intubation, Intratracheal
  • Laryngeal Masks
  • Laryngoscopes
  • Pulmonary Surfactants/therapeutic use
  • Resuscitation

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