Journal of paediatrics and child health
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J Paediatr Child Health · Feb 2000
Favourable neurological outcomes following delivery room cardiopulmonary resuscitation of infants < or = 750 g at birth.
To study short- and long-term outcomes of infants < or = 750 g birthweight who received cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) in the delivery room. ⋯ Contrary to the majority of published evidence, delivery room CPR in our extremely small infants was not associated with a high risk of severe neurodevelopmental disability.