Resuscitation
Volume 81, Issue 3 , Pages 327-330 , March 2010

Delivery room resuscitation of near-term infants: Role of the laryngeal mask airway

  • Vincenzo Zanardo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, Padua University, Padua, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Paediatrics, Padua University, Via Giustiniani 3, 35128 Padua, Italy. Tel.: +39 049 8213571; fax: +39 049 8213509.
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  • Gary Weiner

      Affiliations

    • Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Wayne State University School of Medicine, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • ,
  • Massimo Micaglio

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesiology, School of Medicine, Padua University, Padua, Italy
    • ,
  • Nicoletta Doglioni

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, Padua University, Padua, Italy
    • ,
  • Ramona Buzzacchero

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, Padua University, Padua, Italy
    • ,
  • Daniele Trevisanuto

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, School of Medicine, Padua University, Padua, Italy

Received 2 February 2009 ,Revised 11 November 2009 ,Accepted 12 November 2009.

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☆ A Spanish translated version of the abstract of this article appears as Appendix in the final online version at doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.11.005.

PII: S0300-9572(09)00583-8

doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2009.11.005

Resuscitation
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