• Cochrane Db Syst Rev · Jan 2000

    Review

    Endotracheal intubation at birth for preventing morbidity and mortality in vigorous, meconium-stained infants born at term.

    • H L Halliday.
    • Regional Neonatal Unit, Royal Maternity Hospital, Grosvenor Road, Belfast, UK, BT12 6BB. h.halliday@qub-belfast.ac.uk
    • Cochrane Db Syst Rev. 2000 Jan 1; 2001 (2): CD000500CD000500.

    BackgroundOn the basis of evidence from non-randomised studies, it has been recommended that all babies born through thick meconium should have their tracheas intubated so that suctioning of their airways can be performed. The aim is to reduce the incidence and severity of meconium aspiration syndrome. However, for term babies who are vigorous at birth endotracheal intubation may be both difficult and unnecessary.ObjectivesTo determine if endotracheal intubation and suction of the airways at birth in vigorous term meconium-stained babies is more beneficial than routine resuscitation including aspiration of the oro-pharynx.Search StrategyThe search was made from Oxford Database of Perinatal Trials, the Neonatal Trials Registry of the Cochrane Neonatal Collaborative Review Group and information obtained from knowledgeable practising neonatologists.Selection CriteriaRandomised trials which compared a policy of routine vs no (or selective) use of endotracheal intubation and aspiration in the immediate management of vigorous term meconium-stained babies at birth.Data Collection And AnalysisData regarding clinical outcomes including mortality, meconium aspiration syndrome, other respiratory conditions, pneumothorax, need for oxygen supplementation, stridor, convulsions and hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy were abstracted and analysed using Revman 3.1.1.Main ResultsFour randomised controlled trials of endotracheal intubation at birth in vigorous term meconium-stained babies were identified. Meta-analysis of these trials does not support routine use of endotracheal intubation at birth in vigorous meconium-stained babies to reduce mortality, meconium aspiration syndrome, other respiratory symptoms or disorders, pneumothorax, oxygen need, stridor, HIE and convulsions.Reviewer's ConclusionsRoutine endotracheal intubation at birth in vigorous term meconium-stained babies has not been shown to be superior to routine resuscitation including oro-pharyngeal suction. This procedure cannot be recommended for vigorous infants until more research is available.

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