Availability of Opportunities for Delivery Room Resuscitation of Very Low and Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants in U.S. Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship Training Programs

Abstract

Background: All Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine (NPM) fellowship programs are required to provide adequate experience during training to ensure that NPM fellow physicians can independently manage very low birth weight (VLBW) and extremely low birth weight (ELBW) infants in the delivery room (DR) including opportunities to provide and/or direct continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), endotracheal intubation, chest compressions (CC), and the administration of epinephrine. The availability of these critical learning opportunities at NPM fellowship programs is not known. Aim: To estimate the mean number of VLBW and ELBW deliveries and delivery room procedures available to …