Neonatal Heart Rate at Birth

A special issue of Children (ISSN 2227-9067). This special issue belongs to the section "Pediatric Neonatology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 March 2025 | Viewed by 4036

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Materials and Engineering Research Institute, Hallam University, Sheffield, UK
Interests: equipment design; process and training to achieve motherside neonatal resuscitation with an intact cord
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Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Università degli Studi di Firenze, 50121 Firenze, Italy
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Dear Colleagues,

Heart rate is the main determinant of a neonate immediately after birth. ILKCOR recommends this is determined initially by auscultation. The auscultation is performed by one individual, requires the mental calculation of the rate, is undocumented in real-time, and is not available for review or audit.

In this Special Issue, we aim to review new technological approaches which provide more accurate measurement and present the evidence for any other method. With the change in practice towards resuscitation with an intact cord, the normal range of heart rate immediately after birth needs to be reviewed and the thresholds for intervention reconsidered.

There have been a number of modifications of technology (oximetry, ECG and Doppler) that provide easier and more accurate heart rate measurements immediately after birth. The advantages and disadvantages of these approaches need review and the evidence they provide to see if there is any need for a change in what is considered the physiological norm.

We welcome papers featuring reviews of the methods for determining the heart rate in the first few minutes after birth, descriptions of any new equipment available, and evidence for the superiority of any new method, especially if feasible for use in Cesarean births and during resuscitation with an intact cord.

Dr. David Hutchon
Dr. Simone Pratesi
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Keywords

  • heart rate at birth
  • normal range
  • resuscitation
  • cesarean section

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Significance of Neonatal Heart Rate in the Delivery Room—A Review
by Ellisiv Nerdrum Aagaard, Anne Lee Solevåg and Ola Didrik Saugstad
Children 2023, 10(9), 1551; https://doi.org/10.3390/children10091551 - 14 Sep 2023
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Background: Heart rate (HR) is considered the main vital sign in newborns during perinatal transition, with a threshold of 100 beats per minute (bpm), below which, intervention is recommended. However, recent changes in delivery room management, including delayed cord clamping, are likely to [...] Read more.
Background: Heart rate (HR) is considered the main vital sign in newborns during perinatal transition, with a threshold of 100 beats per minute (bpm), below which, intervention is recommended. However, recent changes in delivery room management, including delayed cord clamping, are likely to have influenced normal HR transition. Objective: To summarize the updated knowledge about the factors, including measurement methods, that influence HR in newborn infants immediately after birth. Additionally, this paper provides an overview of delivery room HR as a prognostic indicator in different subgroups of newborns. Methods: We searched PubMed, EMBASE, and Google Scholar with the terms infant, heart rate, delivery room, resuscitation, pulse oximetry, and electrocardiogram. Results: Seven studies that described HR values in newborn infants immediately after birth were included. Pulse oximetry-derived HR percentiles after immediate cord clamping may not be applicable to the current practice of delayed cord clamping and the increasing use of delivery room electrocardiograms. Mask ventilation may adversely affect HR, particularly in premature and non-asphyxiated infants. Prolonged bradycardia is a negative prognostic factor, especially if combined with hypoxemia in infants <32 weeks of gestation. Conclusions: HR assessment in the delivery room remains important. However, the cardiopulmonary transition is affected by delayed cord clamping, gestational age, and underlying conditions. Full article
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Correction: Nerdrum Aagaard et al. Significance of Neonatal Heart Rate in the Delivery Room—A Review. Children 2023, 10, 1551
by Ellisiv Nerdrum Aagaard, Anne Lee Solevåg and Ola Didrik Saugstad
Children 2024, 11(1), 120; https://doi.org/10.3390/children11010120 - 18 Jan 2024
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