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. 2010 May;156(5):846-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.01.007. Epub 2010 Mar 16.

Crying and breathing by extremely preterm infants immediately after birth

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Crying and breathing by extremely preterm infants immediately after birth

Colm P F O'Donnell et al. J Pediatr. 2010 May.

Abstract

We reviewed videos of 61 extremely preterm infants taken immediately after birth. The majority cried (69%) and breathed (80%) without intervention. Most preterm infants are not apneic at birth.

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