Siren Rettedal

Biographic Data

ID7604614
NAMESiren Rettedal
GIVEN NAMESSiren
FAMILY NAMERettedal
SIGNATURERETTEDAL S
AFFILIATIONSStavanger University Hospital
ORCID0000-0002-4305-141X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Readiness to Provide Neonatal Care Services in 208 Ethiopian Hospitals Prior to Implementation of the Saving Little Lives Program

    Open AccessLamesgin Alamineh Endalamaw, Amera Seifu et al.ARTICLEChildren2026

    Introduction: Despite improved health service accessibility, neonatal mortality in Ethiopia remains high at 33 per 1000 live births. Thus, improving health facilities’ readiness across infrastructure, basic amenities, equipment, medications, laboratory services, Kangaroo Mother Care, infection prevention and control, staffing, and guidelines availability is critical for improving the quality of neonatal care and survival. Objective: The aim of th…

  • Saving Little Lives Minimum Care Package Interventions in 290 Public Health Facilities in Ethiopia

    Open AccessAmera Seifu, Abebe Gebremaraim Gobezayehu et al.ARTICLEChildren2026

    A non-randomized stepped-wedge trial will be conducted to evaluate the impact of implementing the SLL MCP interventions. Quantitative evaluation data will be collected from 36 primary hospitals, selected from 206 primary hospitals across four regions, receiving the interventions. An independent evaluation research assistant will be deployed in each of the hospitals to collect data using Open Data Kit (ODK) through interviewing mothers before disc…

  • Availability and functioning of neonatal care units and neonatal mortality across five regions in Tanzania

    Open AccessFelix Bundala, Felix Ambrose Bundala et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    BACKGROUND: The neonatal mortality rate in Tanzania has remained persistently high, at 24 deaths per 1000 live births. To halve the current death rate by 2030, the WHO recommends that by 2025, at least 80% of districts should have a neonatal care unit (NCU) and use a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) device for respiratory support, among small and sick newborns. This study describes the availability and functioning of NCUs and facility-b…

  • Immediate Skin-to-Skin Contact at Very Preterm Birth and Neurodevelopment the First Two Years

    Open AccessKaroline Lode‐Kolz, Wibke Jonas et al.ARTICLEChildren2025

    Background : Very preterm infants are at increased risk of impairment. The objective was to explore the effect of immediate parent-infant skin-to-skin contact at very preterm birth on cognition, motor, social, and language development during the two first years. Methods : The Immediate Parent-Infant Skin-To-Skin Study (IPISTOSS) was a clinical trial with inclusions between April 2018 to June 2021, in three Scandinavian neonatal intensive care uni…

  • Impact of Heart Rate Monitoring Using Dry-Electrode ECG Immediately After Birth on Time to Start Ventilation

    Open AccessSiren Rettedal, Amalie Kibsgaard et al.ARTICLEChildren2025

    The use of dry-electrode ECG heart rate monitoring did not change the proportion of newborns that received ventilation within 60 s after birth, but early termination due to employee protests to video recordings rendered the trial inadequately powered to detect a difference. Breathing status was likely a more important determinant of starting ventilation than bradycardia

  • Use of Pulse Oximetry during Resuscitation of 230 Newborns—A Video Analysis

    Open AccessVilde Kolstad, Hanne Markhus Pike et al.ARTICLEChildren2023

    In total, 97% of resuscitated newborns had PO applied, in line with resuscitation guidelines. However, the application of PO was time-consuming, and a PO signal was only obtained 5% of the time during positive pressure ventilation

  • Incomplete Exhalation during Resuscitation—Theoretical Review and Examples from Ventilation of Newborn Term Infants

    Open AccessThomas Drevhammar, Peder Aleksander Bjorland et al.ARTICLEChildren2023

    Incomplete exhalation and the relationship to expiratory time constants have been well described theoretically. We documented examples of incomplete exhalations with increased PEEP-levels during resuscitation of term newborns. We conclude that RFM data from resuscitations can be reviewed for this purpose and that incomplete exhalations should be further explored, as the clinical benefit or risk of harm are not known

  • Novel Neonatal Simulator Provides High-Fidelity Ventilation Training Comparable to Real-Life Newborn Ventilation

    Open AccessJoanna Haynes, Peder Aleksander Bjorland et al.ARTICLEChildren2021

    Face mask ventilation of apnoeic neonates is an essential skill. However, many non-paediatric healthcare personnel (HCP) in high-resource childbirth facilities receive little hands-on real-life practice. Simulation training aims to bridge this gap by enabling skill acquisition and maintenance. Success may rely on how closely a simulator mimics the clinical conditions faced by HCPs during neonatal resuscitation. Using a novel, low-cost, high-fidel…

  • Comparison of Heart Rate Feedback from Dry-Electrode ECG, 3-Lead ECG, and Pulse Oximetry during Newborn Resuscitation

    Open AccessSiren Rettedal, Joar Eilevstjønn et al.ARTICLEChildren2021

    NeoBeat was faster to place, presented HR more rapidly, and provided feedback on HR for a larger proportion of time during ongoing resuscitation compared to 3-lead ECG and PO

  • A Randomised Controlled Study of Low-Dose High-Frequency In-Situ Simulation Training to Improve Newborn Resuscitation

    Open AccessJoanna Haynes, Siren Rettedal et al.ARTICLEChildren2021

    Positive pressure ventilation of the non-breathing newborn is a critical and time-sensitive intervention, considered to be the cornerstone of resuscitation. Many healthcare providers working in delivery units in high-resource settings have little opportunity to practise this skill in real life, affecting their performance when called upon to resuscitate a newborn. Low-dose, high-frequency simulation training has shown promise in low-resource sett…