Quality improvement of delivery room management for very low birth weight infants

Abstract

Events in the delivery room significantly impact the outcomes of newborns, especially for the very low birth weight infants.Quality improvement of delivery room management for very low birth weight infants will reduce the very low birth weight infants′ mortality and improve their quality of life.The prenatal , intrapartum and postnatal interventions include delayed umbilical cord clamping, thermoregulation, starting resuscitation with CPAP from the first breath and with low concentration oxygen.In this article, we reviewed researches about the improvements of delivery room management, and summed up the specific measures to reduce the very low birth weight infants′ median durations of hospitalization and improve their long-term outcomes. Key words: Very low birth weight infants; Quality improvement of delivery room management