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Minerva Pediatrics 2022 December;74(6):766-73

DOI: 10.23736/S2724-5276.22.06914-2

Copyright © 2022 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA

language: English

Time to improve documentation of neonatal resuscitation: a narrative review

Alejandro AVILA-ALVAREZ ^{1, 2} ✉, Cesar W. RUIZ CAMPILLO ^{2, 3}, Gonzalo ZEBALLOS-SARRATO ^{2, 4}, Martin IRIONDO-SANZ ^{2, 5}, Marta THIO ^{2, 6, 7, 8}

¹ Neonatal Unit, Department of Pediatrics, A Coruña University Hospital, A Coruña Biomedical Research Institute (INIBIC), A Coruña, Spain; ² Spanish Neonatal Resuscitation Group, Sociedad Española de Neonatología (SENeo), Madrid, Spain; ³ Division of Neonatology, Vall d’Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain; ⁴ Division of Neonatology, Gregorio Marañón University Hospital, Madrid, Spain; ⁵ Division of Neonatology, Sant Joan de Déu Hospital, Barcelona, Spain; ⁶ Newborn Research Centre and Neonatal Services, Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; ⁷ The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; ⁸ Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia

A complete, objective and systematic documentation of delivery room resuscitation is important for research, for quality improvement, for teaching and as a reference for postresuscitation care. However, documentation during neonatal resuscitation is usually paper-based, retrospective, inaccurate and unreliable. In this narrative review, we discuss the strengths and pitfalls of current documentation methods in neonatal resuscitation, as well as the challenges of introducing new or emerging technologies in this field. In particular, we discuss innovations in electronic and automated medical records, video recording and Smartphones and Tablet Apps. Given the lack of a consensus standard, we finally propose a list of items that should be part of any neonatal resuscitation documentation method.

KEY WORDS: Infant, newborn; Resuscitation; Delivery rooms; Documentation