The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 153, Issue 6 , Pages 741-745 , December 2008

Reducing Lung Injury during Neonatal Resuscitation of Preterm Infants

  • Georg M. Schmölzer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Newborn Services, Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Department of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Georg M. Schmölzer, MD, Neonatal Services, Royal Women's Hospital, 20 Flemington Road, Parkville, 3052 Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Arjan B. te Pas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Newborn Services, Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Peter G. Davis, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Newborn Services, Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Department of Obstetric and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • Colin J. Morley, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Newborn Services, Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Department of Obstetric and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Received 18 April 2008 ,Revised 15 July 2008 ,Accepted 6 August 2008.

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 Dr Schmölzer is supported in part by a Royal Women's Hospital Postgraduate Research Degree Scholarship. Dr Davis is supported in part by an Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Practitioner Fellowship. This research is supported by NHMRC program grant 384100. The authors declare no conflicts of interest, real or perceived.

PII: S0022-3476(08)00689-6

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.08.016

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 153, Issue 6 , Pages 741-745 , December 2008

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