TY - JOUR AU - Muneer, Ayesha AU - Bari, Attia AU - Haider, Arslan AU - Ali, Agha Shabbir PY - 2019/05/21 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Knowledge of clinicians/pediatricians about neonatal resuscitation in a tertiary care hospital: Neonatal Resuscitation Knowledge JF - Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences JA - Pak J Med Sci VL - 35 IS - 3 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.12669/pjms.35.3.987 UR - https://www.pjms.org.pk/index.php/pjms/article/view/987 SP - AB - Objective: To analyze the knowledge of the doctors dealing with pediatric patients about neonatal resuscitation.Methods: This was a cross sectional study conducted at The Lahore General Hospital over one year. Total 137 doctors related to pediatrics with different job descriptions were enrolled and requested to fill a questionnaire proforma regarding their knowledge about basic equipment required and about neonatal resuscitation steps. Data was entered and analyzed using SPSS 20.Results: Out of 137 participants, majority (71%) had >2 years of experience in pediatrics and 52.5% had higher postgraduate qualification. Neonatal resuscitation workshop was attended by 57% doctors. In resuscitation of newborns at the time of delivery, resuscitating doctors were assisted by nurse in 50%, by junior doctor in 35%, paramedic staff 11% and it was done by single doctor in 4% cases. Oxygen (central or O2 cylinder) and warmer facilities were available in 90% and 82% of health facilities respectively. Majority (86%) of participants were of view that every neonate must be attended at birth. Not a single doctor followed all the standard steps of neonatal resuscitation although 90% had knowledge about resuscitation equipment and common resuscitation drugs.Conclusion: Pediatric health care professionals had knowledge about neonatal resuscitation but there are gaps in the practical application. There is a strong need of frequent neonatal resuscitation workshops for improving neonatal outcomes.doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.35.3.987How to cite this:Muneer A, Bari A, Haider A, Ali AS. Knowledge of clinicians/pediatricians about neonatal resuscitation in a tertiary care hospital. Pak J Med Sci. 2019;35(3):775-779. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.35.3.987This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ER -