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Meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS) is one of the top causes of severe respiratory failure in neonates. This study was designed to investigate the effective volume of therapeutic bronchoalveolar ...

Routine suctioning of the infant at birth should be abandoned. Meconium-stained babies should not be suctioned on the perineum and vigorous infants should not be intubated and suctioned.

Forty-three clinical trials and systematic reviews were identified, of which 14 were initially excluded as they either did not evaluate suctioning specifically or they concerned the adult age group.