TY  - JOUR
AU  - Trevisanuto, Daniele
AU  - Gizzi, Camilla
AU  - Gagliardi, Luigi
AU  - Ghirardello, Stefano
AU  - Di, Fabio Sandra
AU  - Beke, Artúr
AU  - Buonocore, Giuseppe
AU  - Charitou, Antonia
AU  - Cucerea, Manuela
AU  - Degtyareva, Marina V.
AU  - Filipovic-Grcic, Boris
AU  - Jekova, Nelly Georgieva
AU  - Koc, Esin
AU  - Saldanha, Joana
AU  - Luna, Manuel Sanchez
AU  - Stoniene, Dalia
AU  - Varendi, Heili
AU  - Vertecchi, Giulia
AU  - Mosca, Fabio
AU  - Moretti, Corrado
TI  - Neonatal Resuscitation Practices in Europe: A Survey of the Union of European Neonatal and Perinatal Societies
JF  - NEONATOLOGY: FETAL AND NEONATAL RESEARCH
J2  - NEONATOLOGY
VL  - 119
PY  - 2022
IS  - 2
SP  - 184
EP  - 192
PG  - 9
SN  - 1661-7800
DO  - 10.1159/000520617
UR  - https://m2.mtmt.hu/api/publication/32709971
ID  - 32709971
AB  - Background: We aimed to evaluate the policies and practices about neonatal resuscitation in a large sample of European hospitals. Methods: This was a cross-sectional electronic survey. A 91-item questionnaire focusing on the current delivery room practices in neonatal resuscitation domains was individually sent to the directors of 730 European neonatal facilities or (in 5 countries) made available as a Web-based link. A comparison was made between hospitals with <= 2,000 and those with >2,000 births/year and between hospitals in 5 European areas (Eastern Europe, Italy, Mediterranean countries, Turkey, and Western Europe). Results: The response rate was 57% and included participants from 33 European countries. In 2018, approximately 1.27 million births occurred at the participating hospitals, with a median of 1,900 births/center (interquartile range: 1,400-3,000). Routine antenatal counseling (p < 0.05), the presence of a resuscitation team at all deliveries (p < 0.01), umbilical cord management (p < 0.01), practices for thermal management (p < 0.05), and heart rate monitoring (p < 0.01) were significantly different between hospitals with <= 2,000 births/year and those with >2,000 births/year. Ethical and educational aspects were similar between hospitals with low and high birth volumes. Significant variance in practice, ethical decision-making, and training programs were found between hospitals in 5 different European areas. Conclusions: Several recommendations about available equipment and clinical practices recommended by the international guidelines are already implemented by centers in Europe, but a large variance still persists. Clinicians and stakeholders should consider this information when allocating resources and planning European perinatal programs.
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