Neonatal Resuscitation Guidelines—Recent Updates and Implications

Abstract

Neonatal resuscitation guidelines are based on the most recent evidence-based interventions and provide recommendation for practice. The guidelines are being updated periodically to reflect the newer evidences to improve care. The guidelines continuously look forward to improve the algorithm and make it simpler and user friendly to help the clinicians learn and practice as a team. In addition to knowledge, the need of skill development and practice has been emphasized in the recent guidelines. Recently, American Heart Association and The European Resuscitation Council have updated their guidelines on neonatal resuscitation. In this update, we have summarized the recommendations from the 2 recent guidelines on neonatal resuscitation and discussed their clinical implications in resource limited setting.