Evidence · Review article
2025 American and European Guidelines on Neonatal Resuscitation: Concordance and Differences.
- Delivery room and stabilisation
- Families and professional practice
- Family-integrated care
- Mechanical ventilation
- Medical
- Newborn life support
- Nursing
- Preterm stabilisation
- Respiratory
Summary
This narrative review compares the 2025 AHA-AAP and European Resuscitation Council neonatal resuscitation guidelines, both derived from ILCOR evidence evaluations. It examines algorithm design, initial stabilisation, ventilation strategies and initial inspired oxygen concentration. Both promote a gentle, physiology-based approach to transition and family-centred care, with many differences reflecting document scope rather than conflicting evidence interpretation. The authors highlight reliance on limited data and expert opinion, and call for further research to support harmonisation.
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