• Delivery Room ST Segment Analysis to Predict Short Term Outcomes in Near-Term and Term Newborns 

      Linde, Jørgen Erland; Solevåg, Anne Lee; Eilevstjønn, Joar; Blacy, Ladislaus; Kidanto, Hussein; Ersdal, Hege Langli; Klingenberg, Claus Andreas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-01)
      Background: ST-segment changes to the fetal electrocardiogram (ECG) may indicate fetal acidosis. No large-scale characterization of ECG morphology immediately after birth has been performed, but ECG is used for heart rate ...
    • Expired carbon dioxide during newborn resuscitation as predictor of outcome 

      Holte, Kari; Ersdal, Hege Langli; Klingenberg, Claus; Eilevstjønn, Joar; Stigum, Hein; Jatosh, Samwel; Kidanto, Hussein; Størdal, Ketil (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-06)
      Aim To explore and compare expired CO2 (ECO2) and heart rate (HR), during newborn resuscitation with bag-mask ventilation, as predictors of 24-h outcome. Methods Observational study from March 2013 to June 2017 in a rural ...
    • Optimizing Helping Babies Breathe implementation in a resource limited setting to improve perinatal outcome 

      Mduma, Estomih Raphael (PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2021-09)
      Globally, deaths around the time of birth are unacceptably high of which there are about 2.7 million neonatal deaths and 2.6 million stillborn annually. Perinatal mortality accounts for deaths after 28 weeks of gestation ...