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Neonatal resuscitation guidelines for ILCOR and NRP: evaluating the evidence and developing a consensus

Journal of Perinatology volume 28, pages S27–S29 (2008)Cite this article

I have been asked to describe the process used by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and American Heart Association (AHA) to evaluate the evidence for the purpose of developing recommendations for the Neonatal Resuscitation Program. This symposium is primarily interested in the recommendations regarding management of meconium during neonatal resuscitation, but I will first describe the neonatal program and the process used in development of all AHA and AAP resuscitation recommendations.

The Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) is a standardized instruction in neonatal resuscitation. It includes a self-instructional textbook and a set of skills taught by instructors. The instructors first involved national faculty who were given the responsibility of training regional instructors in their respective states, who then trained hospital-based instructors, who in turn trained participants. The program was developed by collaboration of the AHA and AAP and is managed and revised by the NRP Steering Committee administered by the AAP. There have been over 2.2 million participants in the United States since inception of the NRP nearly 20 years ago, and the program has also been implemented in 106 other countries. Revisions are made approximately every 5 years.

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Kattwinkel, J. Neonatal resuscitation guidelines for ILCOR and NRP: evaluating the evidence and developing a consensus. J Perinatol 28 (Suppl 3), S27–S29 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/jp.2008.146

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