Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in newborn infants with ultrasound in the delivery room

Abstract

Point of care ultrasound has emerged as useful tool in cardiac arrest situations in adult population. Despite of these, there is not a protocol for cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the delivery room for newborns. We describe two case were ultrasound helped to rule out the cardiopulmonary arrest case and we propose and algorithm were ultrasound is integrated in the newborn resuscitation and may help to diagnose the cardiac arrest cause.

Keywords:

• Delivery room
• ultrasound
• newborn
• cardiopulmonary resuscitation
• pneumothorax
• protocol

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.