Early Advantage Birth Services

Pediatrics

Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics

Re: Routine Suctioning

On the third page it states that there is evidence that suctioning of the nasopharynx can create bradycardia during resuscitation (21,22) and that suctioning of the trachea in intubated babies receiving mechanical ventilation in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) can be associated . . . → Read More: Pediatric resuscitation guidelines for 2010