| ABG |
Arterial blood gas |
| ARC |
Australian Resuscitation Council |
| BE |
Base excess |
| BPD |
Bronchpulmonary dysplasia (also known as CLD) |
| bpm |
Beats per minute |
| CDH |
Congenital diaphragmatic hernia |
| CHD |
Congenital heart disease |
| CLD |
Chronic lung disease (now known as BPD) |
| cmH2O |
Centimeters of water |
| CO2 |
Carbon dioxide |
| CPAP |
Continuous positive airway pressure |
| ECC |
External chest compressions |
| ET |
Endotracheal |
| ETCO2 |
End-tidal carbon dioxide |
| ETT |
Endotracheal tube |
| Fg |
French gauge |
| FHR |
Fetal heart rate |
| FRC |
Functional residual capacity |
| HCO3 |
Bicarbonate |
| HIE |
Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy |
| HR |
Heart rate |
| H2O |
Water |
| IM |
Intramuscular |
| IO |
Intraosseous |
| IV |
Intravenous |
| IPPV |
Intermittent positive pressure ventilation (also known as PPV) |
| IVH |
Intraventricular haemorrhage |
| ILCOR |
International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation |
| LMA |
Laryngeal mask airway (See Supraglottic airway) |
| L/min |
Litres per minute |
| mL/kg |
Milliliters per kilogram |
| mmHg |
Millimeters of mercury |
| MSAF |
Meconium stained amniotic fluid |
| NaHCO3 |
Sodium bicarbonate |
| nCPAP |
Nasal continuous positive airway pressure |
| NE |
Neonatal encephalopathy |
| NEC |
Necrotising enterocolitis |
| O2 |
Oxygen |
| PEEP |
Positive end expiratory pressure |
| PaCO2 |
Partial pressure of carbon dioxide in arterial blood |
| PaO2 |
Partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood |
| pH |
A measure of acidity or basicity of a solution |
| PPHN |
Persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn |
| PPV |
Positive pressure ventilation (also known as IPPV) |
| PVL |
Periventricular leukomalacia |
| RCT |
Randomised controlled trial |
| ROS |
Reactive oxygen species |
| ROP |
Retinopathy of prematurity (previously known as retrolental fibroplasia) |
| SaO2 |
Arterial oxygen saturation |
| SGA |
Supraglottic airway (also known as laryngeal mask) |
| SpO2 |
Peripheral oxygen saturation (measured by pulse oximetry) |
| UAC |
Umbilical arterial catheter |
| UVC |
Umbilical venous catheter |
| VT |
Tidal volume |
