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Review
[Meconium in the amniotic fluid: prevention of meconium aspiration and elective tracheal suction].
- D Oriot and T Pérez.
- Service de pédiatrie, unité de réanimation néonatale et pédiatrique, hôpital Jean-Bernard, CHU, 86021 Poitiers, France.
- Arch Pediatr. 2001 Feb 1;8(2):211-3.
AbstractFor many years early systematic intubation and tracheal suction have been advocated for meconium-stained infants. Recent data show that they do not reduce the frequency of pulmonary meconium aspiration and underline the importance of a preventive attitude (i.e., intrapartum oropharyngeal suction before shoulder clearing and thoracic compression before first breathing) together with a selective tracheal suction only in the newborns with obvious oropharyngeal meconial staining.
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