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[Neonatal resuscitation: a fascinating story!].
Acta Bio-medica de L'Ateneo Parmense : Organo Della Società di Medicina e Scienze Naturali di Parma 2000
Over the past thousands of years many examples can be found of the treatment given for asphyxia in the apparently dead subject. The resuscitation procedures were applied alike both in adults and in newborn babies. The first reference made to the mouth-to-mouth method was in the Kings'. In the second half of the 1800 many Authors proposed a method to resuscitate the asphyxiated newborn infant, which were still practiced up until the 1930 s. Many other different methods of air and 02 administration to the airway and stomach of an apparently dead newborn were well known and used in the 1800 s and still used in the 1950 s. Other methods used involved the dilatation of the rectum; the immersion in alternating warm and cold water and the use of a larynx tube developed by Chaussier which was then modified by other Authors. The use of tight fitting tracheal tubes and direct tracheal 02 administration after the clearing of the oropharynx using fingers and finally the mouth to mask and mouth to endotracheal tube breathing. All these examples are indicative of the approach taken in the resuscitation of the apparently dead infant. The science of resuscitation and its history continue to evolve....
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