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Comparison of Two Round Face Masks During Neonatal Resuscitation
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Mask ventilation with a Laerdal face mask and Mask ventilation with a F&P face mask for Respiration; Insufficient or Poor, Newborn. Completed, enrolled 56 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
Most premature babies have difficulty breathing at birth and need help (what we call resuscitation). The treatment for this is to gently inflate their lungs with a resuscitation device and a facemask. The device commonly used is a T-Piece infant resuscitator (which we call the T-Piece) and is used at The Royal Alexandra Hospital and all round the world. To gentle inflate an infants lung the clinical team put a face mask around your baby's mouth and nose. The clinical team tries to achieve a good seal between the face and the mask. A problem of mask ventilation is that air can escape between the mask and the face (what we call mask leak). Currently, two different types of facemasks ("Laerdal mask" or "Fisher \& Paykel mask") are routinely used in the delivery room at The Royal Alexandra Hospital. The purpose of this study is to find out if one facemask is leaking less between the face and the mask.
Study Details
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Mask leak will be measured using a respiratory function monitor. Mask ventilation will be analyzed over a period of 5 minutes. The mean mask leak will be compared to the intervention group.
Mask leak will be measured using a respiratory function monitor. Mask ventilation will be analyzed over a period of 5 minutes. The mean mask leak will be compared to the control group.