Routine oro/nasopharyngeal suction versus no suction in the delivery room

This is the protocol for a review. The objectives are as follows: to evaluate the effect of routine oropharyngeal/nasopharyngeal suction compared to no suction on mortality and morbidity in newly born infants with and without meconium-stained liquor. Planned subgroup analyses: gestational age: term infants (≥ 37 weeks' gestation), preterm infants (28 to 36 weeks' gestation), very preterm infants (< 28 weeks' gestation); mode of delivery (vaginal birth; caesarean section); vigorous; non-vigorous infants; meconium-stained amniotic fluid; non-meconium-stained amniotic fluid; timing of suction (perineum-intrapartum; post-delivery); method of suction (bulb syringe; suction catheter).