Consistency of definitions used in International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Neonatal Life Support…

StudyResuscitation plus· Jul 2026

Consistency of definitions used in International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Neonatal Life Support documents.

Ruth Guinsburg, Maria Fernanda de Almeida, Bobbi J Byrne … International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Neonatal Life Support Task Force

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Only 37% of shared neonatal resuscitation terms had consistent definitions across International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation documents

Consistency of definitions used in International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Neonatal Life Support documents.

Ruth Guinsburg … International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Neonatal Life Support Task Force

Resuscitation plus · Jul 2026 · Q1 in Emergency Medicine

Background

The International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation) disseminates scientific evidence reviews and neonatal resuscitation treatment recommendations through its Neonatal Life Support Task Force.

Purpose

The objective of this study was to assess the consistency of the terms and definitions used in Neonatal Life Support Task Force documents related to participants, interventions and outcomes.

Methods

Investigators manually searched four types of Neonatal Life Support Task Force documents, including (1) protocols for reviews and (2) treatment recommendations published since 2019, (3) 2020 consensus outcome ratings, and (4) 2023 guidelines for uniform reporting for resuscitation-related terminology.

n = 67 documents

23 (37%)

Results

23 (37%)

Just over a third of terms were defined the same way across documents; most varied

n = 67 documents

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The remaining terms had inconsistencies in definitions used for the same term or for similar constructs using different terms.

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Conclusion · 1 of 2

Greater consistency of terminology within Neonatal Life Support Task Force documents has the potential to improve communication between researchers, clinicians, and educators.

Conclusion · 2 of 2

Additionally, variation in terminology may hinder evidence synthesis in systematic reviews. Efforts to develop consensus definitions for terms used in International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation documents are needed.

Consistency of definitions used in International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Neonatal Life Support documents.

Consistency of definitions used in International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation Neonatal Life Support documents.

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