Supplemental Appendix C
Supplemental Appendix C
Supplementary Tables
     Table S1. Summary of Recommendations for Umbilical Cord Management in Infants <37
     weeks’ gestation
      Gestation      Circumstances           Recommendation                            Certainty       Strength of
      group                                                                            of              recommendation
                                                                                       Evidence
      <37 weeks    Immediate                 Recommend defer clamping the              Moderate        Strong
                   resuscitation at          cord for at least 60 sec.
                   birth not
                   required
      <37 weeks Immediate                    Insufficient evidence to make a           Low             Weak
                   resuscitation             recommendation
                   required
      <37 weeks Maternal, fetal,             Insufficient evidence – make              Very low        Weak
                   placental                 individualized decisions
                   conditions that
                   were excluded
                   from many
                   studies*
      Further treatment suggestions
      28+0 to                                Suggest umbilical cord milking,           Low             Conditional
      36+6         Deferred cord             taking into account maternal
      weeks        clamping not              and infant circumstances
      <28 weeks received                     Suggest do not milk the intact            Low             Weak
                                             cord
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Koster          Literatur     Pre-         Person        100%          None          Not              The authors recommend
20034           e review      and in       s with        oxygen,                     specified        administration of 100%
                              hospit       carbon        recompr                                      oxygen.
                              al           monoxi        ession
                                           de            chamber
                                           poisoni       if
                                           ng            availabl
                                                         e
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Lippman       Proceedi        Preho Divers             100%          Not           Relief of        Authors emphasize the
n 20039       ngs of          spital with              oxygen        specifie      symptoms         importance of having
              conferen               DCI                             d             , post           oxygen equipment that
              ce                                                                   treatment        can provide high oxygen
                                                                                   residua          concentrations to
                                                                                                    responsive or
                                                                                                    unresponsive victims of
                                                                                                    diving emergencies.
Longphr       Retrospe        Preho Divers             "First aid No first         Resolutio        Authors noted that
e 200710      ctive           spital using             oxygen" aid                 n of             oxygen decreased the
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Moon         Literature      Pre        Recreat      First aid      Not           Resolutio        Recommends oxygen
2009         review          and        ional        oxygen         specifie      n of             administration within 4
8112                         in         divers       prehospi       d             symptoms         hours of injury based on
                             hospit     with         tal,                         and need         Longphre study10
                             al         DCI          multiple                     for more         findings.
                                                     other in-                    than one
                                                     hospital                     recompre
                                                     intervent                    ssion
                                                     ions                         treatment
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                                                     system
                                                     with
                                                     oronasal
                                                     mask
                                                     and with
                                                     intraoral
                                                     mask
Pollock.    Literature      Pre-       Recreat       High          Not           Not              Concludes that high
201715      Review          and        ional         partial       specifie      specified        partial pressure oxygen is
                            in         divers (      pressure      d                              the primary first aid
                            hospit     compre        oxygen                                       measure for DCI, can use
                            al         ssed                                                       continuous flow with NRB
                                       gases                                                      or pocket mask in diving
                                       includin                                                   environment, but higher
                                       g air,                                                     oxygen fraction can be
                                       nitroge                                                    achieved in
                                       n and                                                      spontaneously breathing
                                       helium                                                     patients with mask and
                                       mixture                                                    demand valve and
                                       s                                                          rebreather systems.
    Abbreviations:
    EMS Emergency Medical Service
    NRB Non-rebreather mask
    DCI   Decompression Illness
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                                                                   delivere
                                                                   d by
                                                                   nebuliz
                                                                   ation
                                                                   with
                                                                   oxygen
                                                                   flows of
                                                                   6–8
                                                                   l/min.
                                                                   (N=
                                                                   226)
Ntoumen     Review  Preho AECOP                     Titrated       High          Pre- and           Synopsis of Austin
opoulos     with    spital D                        oxygen         flow          in-hospital        201018 study with
2011        Comment                                 by NC to       oxygen        mortality;         commentary and review
7000819     ary                                     sat            (8-10         length of          of risk of hypercarbia
                                                    88%-           L/min)        stay,              with high concentration
                                                    92%            via           ABGs.              oxygen therapy, current
                                                                   NRM                              guidelines for oxygen
                                                                                                    delivery with AECOPD.
Wijesingh Retrospe          Preho AECOP             Oxygen         Oxygen        Death,             When oxygen delivery
e 201120  ctive             spital D                administ       adminis       required           was analyzed as a
          observati                patients         ration at      tration       assisted           continuous variable
          onal                     transpo          >/= 3          at <3         ventilation,       according to
                                   rted by          L/min          L/min         respiratory        documented flow rate,
                                   ambula           (N=168/        (define       failure            Increased oxygen flow
                                   nce              92%),          d as                             was associated with
                                   (N =             >/=8           low                              increased risk of death,
                                   250)             L/min,         flow)                            assisted ventilation or
                                                    defined                                         respiratory failure with
                                                    as high                                         an odds ratio (OR) of
                                                    flow, via                                       1.2 (95% CI 1.0–1.4)
                                                    NC,                                             per 1 L/min oxygen flow.
                                                    mask or                                         Increasing PaO2 was
                                                    NRM                                             associated with a
                                                    (N=90;                                          greater risk of a poor
                                                    49%)                                            outcome with an OR of
                                                                                                    1.1 (95% CI 1.0–1.3)
                                                                                                    per 10 mmHg higher
                                                                                                    PaO2. A nonsignificant
                                                                                                    association was
                                                                                                    reported for the
                                                                                                    dichotomous “high flow”
                                                                                                    vs. “low flow” oxygen for
                                                                                                    the main outcome
                                                                                                    composite of death,
                                                                                                    positive pressure
                                                                                                    ventilation or respiratory
                                                                                                    failure.
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Ringbaek        Observati       Pre-       AECOP        Oxygen,        Oxygen        Respiratory        Review aimed to assess
201523          onal            and        D            varying        ,             acidosis at        the frequency of
                study           in-        patients     flow           varying       hospital           “inappropriate oxygen
                                hospit     transpo      rates          flow          admission,         therapy” (determined by
                                al         rted by                     rates         length of          an oxygen saturation of
                                           ambula                                    stay,              92% or greater) given in
                                           nce                                       ventilatory        ambulance for AECOPD
                                           who                                       support, in-       patients. A total of 352
                                           receive                                   hospital           (88.7%) of 397 patients
                                           d any                                     mortality          were deemed to have
                                           oxygen                                                       received inappropriate
                                                                                                        oxygen therapy based
                                           (N=405                                                       on an O2 saturation of
                                           )                                                            92% or greater. Of this
                                                                                                        group of patients, 33.5%
                                                                                                        had respiratory acidosis
                                                                                                        at hospital admission.
Lumholdt        Retrospe        Preho Patient           CO2            No CO2        Hypercapa          11 patients with
201724          ctive           spital s                retention      retentio      nic                respiratory conditions
                observati              brought                         n             acidosis           brought to ED by EMS
                onal;                  to                                            due to             and found to have CO2
                Abstract               Emerge                                        excessive          retention and acidosis.
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Jensen         Randomi         Preho AECOP              Titrated      Standar 30-day                   Protocol for RCT
202330         zed             spital, D                oxygen        d high  mortality                comparing targeted
               control         gas                      and           flow                             prehospital oxygen
               trial study     used                     compres       oxygen                           therapy with standard
               protocol        to                       sed air                                        high concentration/flow
                               drive                    driven                                         oxygen.
                               inhale                   inhaled
                               d                        broncho
                               bronc                    dilators
                               hodila                   to target
                               tors                     SpO2
                                                        (oxygen
                               (Plan                    saturatio
                               ned                      n) 88-
                               N=1,8                    92%
                               88)
Gude           Randomi         Preho AECOP              Titrated      Standar 30-day                   N/A not completed
NCT0570        zed             spital, D                oxygen        d high  mortality
391931         control         gas                      and           flow
               trial           used                     compres       oxygen
               registere       to                       sed air
               d in USA.       drive                    driven
               (Same           inhale                   inhaled
               trial as        d                        broncho
               Jensen          bronc                    dilators
               2023            hodila                   to target
               published       tors                     SpO2
               study                                    (oxygen
               protocol.)                               saturatio
                                                        n) 88-
                                                        92%
     Abbreviations Table 1-3:
     ABG, arterial blood gas; AECOPD, acute exacerbation of COPD; CI, confidance interval; CO2,
     carbon dioxide; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CPR; cardiopulmonary
     resuscitation; ED, emergency department; EMS, emergency medical services; GCS, Glasgow
     coma scale; HR, hazard ratio; ICU, intensive care unit; L/min, liters per minute; LOS, length of
     stay; N/A, not applicable; NC,nasal cannula; NRM, nonrebreather face mask; OR, odds ratio;
     RCT, randomized controlled trial; RR, relative risk
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