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Observational Study
. 2021 Mar;180(3):783-790.
doi: 10.1007/s00431-020-03776-4. Epub 2020 Aug 22.

Delivery room ultrasound study to assess heart rate in newborns: DELIROUS study

S Bobillo-Perez  1   2 , M Balaguer  2 , I Jordan  2 , A Batista-Muñoz  3 , M Ramon  3 , O Otero  3 , C Sorribes  3 , J Rodriguez-Fanjul  4
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Observational Study

Delivery room ultrasound study to assess heart rate in newborns: DELIROUS study

S Bobillo-Perez et al. Eur J Pediatr. 2021 Mar.

Abstract

During neonatal resuscitation in the delivery room, heart rate guides clinical intervention, and although different methods have been evaluated as auscultation, pulse oximetry, and electrocardiography, they have various limitations. This was a prospective observational study which aim was to evaluate the accuracy and speed of ultrasound for measuring neonatal heart rate compared with stethoscope, pulse oximetry, and electrocardiography. Simultaneous determinations of heart rate using stethoscope, ultrasound, pulse oximetry, and electrocardiography were performed. Fifty term newborns were included. There were no differences according to the turn on time of the ultrasound, pulse oximetry, and electrocardiography (p = 0.666), but the placement time and the detection time from birth were shorter for ultrasound (p < 0.001). A stronger positive correlation was detected between ultrasound and electrocardiography at 90 (Rho = 0.926), and 120 s (Rho = 0.920) with p < 0.001. The Bland-Altman analysis showed a bias of - 2.23 (p = 0.129) between ultrasound and electrocardiography at 90 s, and a bias of 0.44 (p = 0.092) at 120 s. Instead, the bias between auscultation and electrocardiography at 90 s was - 6.71 (p = 0.131), and at 120 s was of - 4.67 (p = 0.793).Conclusions: Ultrasound is a fast method to detect heart rate in the delivery room and has a good correlation with stethoscope and electrocardiography. What is Known: • During neonatal resuscitation in the delivery room, heart rate guides clinical intervention, and although different methods have been evaluated, they have various limitations. What is New: • Heart rate ultrasound is a good and fast method to detect HR in the delivery room with a good correlation with electrocardiography and stethoscope.

Keywords: Delivery room; Heart rate; Ultrasound.

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