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Management of non-vigorous newborns born through meconium stained amniotic fluid

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The Journal Club is collaboration between the American Academy of Pediatrics - Section of Neonatal Perinatal Medicine and the International Society for Evidence-Based Neonatology (EBNEO.org).

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Verma, S., Randis, T.M. Management of non-vigorous newborns born through meconium stained amniotic fluid. J Perinatol 40, 170–173 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41372-019-0493-8

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