Vix Monnelly, Justin B Josephsen, Tetsuya Isayama, Maria Fernanda B de Almeida, Ruth Guinsburg, Georg M Schmölzer, Yacov Rabi, Myra H Wyckoff, Gary Weiner, Helen G Liley, Anne Lee Solevåg
OBJECTIVE: Measuring exhaled carbon dioxide (ECO2 ) during non-invasive ventilation at birth may provide information about lung aeration. However, the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) only recommends ECO2 detection for confirming endotracheal tube placement. ILCOR has therefore prioritised a research question that needs to be urgently evaluated: 'In newborn infants receiving intermittent positive pressure ventilation by any non-invasive interface at birth, does the use of an ECO2 monitor in addition to clinical assessment, pulse oximetry and/or ECG, compared with clinical assessment, pulse oximetry and/or ECG only, decrease endotracheal intubation in the delivery room, improve response to resuscitation, improve survival or reduce morbidity?'...
August 9, 2023: Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition