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The BabySaver: Design of a New Device for Neonatal Resuscitation at Birth with Intact Placental Circulation

The initial bedside care of premature babies with an intact cord has been shown to reduce mortality; there is evidence that resuscitation of term babies with an intact cord may also improve outcomes. This process has been facilitated by the development of bedside resuscitation surfaces. These new de...

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Autores principales: Ditai, James, Barry, Aisling, Burgoine, Kathy, Mbonye, Anthony K., Wandabwa, Julius N., Watt, Peter, Weeks, Andrew D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8235222/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34205496
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8060526
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author Ditai, James
Barry, Aisling
Burgoine, Kathy
Mbonye, Anthony K.
Wandabwa, Julius N.
Watt, Peter
Weeks, Andrew D.
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description The initial bedside care of premature babies with an intact cord has been shown to reduce mortality; there is evidence that resuscitation of term babies with an intact cord may also improve outcomes. This process has been facilitated by the development of bedside resuscitation surfaces. These new devices are unaffordable, however, in most of sub-Saharan Africa, where 42% of the world’s 2.4 million annual newborn deaths occur. This paper describes the rationale and design of BabySaver, an innovative low-cost mobile resuscitation unit, which was developed iteratively over five years in a collaboration between the Sanyu Africa Research Institute (SAfRI) in Uganda and the University of Liverpool in the UK. The final BabySaver design comprises two compartments; a tray to provide a firm resuscitation surface, and a base to store resuscitation equipment. The design was formed while considering contextual factors, using the views of individual women from the community served by the local hospitals, medical staff, and skilled birth attendants in both Uganda and the UK.
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spelling pubmed-82352222021-06-27 The BabySaver: Design of a New Device for Neonatal Resuscitation at Birth with Intact Placental Circulation Ditai, James Barry, Aisling Burgoine, Kathy Mbonye, Anthony K. Wandabwa, Julius N. Watt, Peter Weeks, Andrew D. Children (Basel) Article The initial bedside care of premature babies with an intact cord has been shown to reduce mortality; there is evidence that resuscitation of term babies with an intact cord may also improve outcomes. This process has been facilitated by the development of bedside resuscitation surfaces. These new devices are unaffordable, however, in most of sub-Saharan Africa, where 42% of the world’s 2.4 million annual newborn deaths occur. This paper describes the rationale and design of BabySaver, an innovative low-cost mobile resuscitation unit, which was developed iteratively over five years in a collaboration between the Sanyu Africa Research Institute (SAfRI) in Uganda and the University of Liverpool in the UK. The final BabySaver design comprises two compartments; a tray to provide a firm resuscitation surface, and a base to store resuscitation equipment. The design was formed while considering contextual factors, using the views of individual women from the community served by the local hospitals, medical staff, and skilled birth attendants in both Uganda and the UK. MDPI 2021-06-21 /pmc/articles/PMC8235222/ /pubmed/34205496 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8060526 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Ditai, James
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The BabySaver: Design of a New Device for Neonatal Resuscitation at Birth with Intact Placental Circulation
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title_short The BabySaver: Design of a New Device for Neonatal Resuscitation at Birth with Intact Placental Circulation
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8235222/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34205496
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8060526
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