Chest compression in newborn infants: what anatomical structures are we compressing?
In newborn infants, CC delivered at the currently recommended lower third of the sternum is likely to compress the right heart, great veins and aorta and not the LV.
Authors
- Catherine Chua
- Georg M Schmölzer
- Aimann Surak
- Megan O'Reilly
Institutions
- University of Alberta (CA)
- Royal Alexandra Hospital (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal & Neonatal
- Published
- 2026-01-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2025-329582
- Primary Topic
- Congenital Heart Disease Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00