[Changes in the international recommendations on neonatal stabilisation and resuscitation (2015)]

Abstract

The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR) recommendations provide a universal guide of measures to support the transition and resuscitation of newborn after their birth. This guide is expected to be adapted by local groups or committees on resuscitation, according to their own circumstances. The objective of this review is to analyse the main changes, to discuss several of the controversies that have appeared since 2010, and contrasting with other national and international organisations, such as European Resuscitation Council (ERC), American Heart Association (AHA), or the Australian-New Zealand Committee on Resuscitation (ANZCOR). Thus, the Neonatal Resuscitation Group of the Spanish Society of Neonatology (GRN-SENeo) aims to give clear answers to many of the questions when different options are available, generating the forthcoming recommendations of our country to support the transition and/or resuscitation of a newborn after birth, safely and effectively.

Keywords: 2015; Estabilización; European Resuscitation Council; International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation; International Recommendations; Newborn; Reanimación; Recién nacido; Recomendaciones internacionales; Resuscitation; Soporte a la transición; Stabilisation; Transition support.