Sara K Berkelhamer

Biographic Data

ID7851802
NAMESara K Berkelhamer
GIVEN NAMESSara K
FAMILY NAMEBerkelhamer
SIGNATUREBERKELHAMER S K
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Washington
ORCID0000-0001-8301-2290
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • High-Potency Prenatal Cannabis Exposure and Birth Outcome Measures

    Open AccessNatalia M Kleinhans, Allegra J Johnson et al.ARTICLEChildren2024

    Background/Objectives: Pregnant women have limited information on the impact of prenatal cannabis exposure (PCE) alone. Our aim was to determine if PCE, without alcohol, tobacco, or illicit drug use, is associated with altered birth outcome measures in obstetrically low-risk women. Methods: In this observational cohort study, pregnant women were recruited between 2019 and 2022 from communities in Washington and Oregon, USA, and enrolled following…

  • Impact of an Educational Clinical Video Combined with Standard Helping Babies Breathe Training on Acquisition and Retention of Knowledge and Skills among Ethiopian Midwives

    Open AccessAmara J Heard Stittum, Erika M Edwards et al.ARTICLEChildren2023

    Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) is an evidence-based neonatal resuscitation program designed for implementation in low-resource settings. While HBB reduces rates of early neonatal mortality and stillbirth, maintenance of knowledge and skills remains a challenge. The extent to which the inclusion of educational clinical videos impacts learners' knowledge and skills acquisition, and retention is largely unknown. We conducted a cluster-randomized contr…

  • Delayed and Interrupted Ventilation with Excess Suctioning after Helping Babies Breathe with Congolese Birth Attendants

    Open AccessJackie K Patterson, Daniel Katuashi Ishoso et al.ARTICLEChildren2023

    There is a substantial gap in our understanding of resuscitation practices following Helping Babies Breathe (HBB) training. We sought to address this gap through an analysis of observed resuscitations following HBB 2nd edition training in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. This is a secondary analysis of a clinical trial evaluating the effect of resuscitation training and electronic heart rate monitoring on stillbirths. We included in-born, li…

  • Capacity Building in Remote Facilitation of Newborn Resuscitation

    Open AccessEmily Ahn, Beena D Kamath‐Rayne et al.ARTICLEChildren2023

    The past decade has been notable for widespread dissemination of newborn resuscitation training in low-resource settings through simplified training programs including Helping Babies Breathe. Since 2020, implementation efforts have been impacted by restrictions on travel and in-person gatherings with the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, prompting the development of alternative methods of training. While previous studies have demonstrated feasibility of remot…

  • Sustained Inflation Reduces Pulmonary Blood Flow during Resuscitation with an Intact Cord

    Open AccessJayasree Nair, Lauren Davidson et al.ARTICLEChildren2021

    The optimal timing of cord clamping in asphyxia is not known. Our aims were to determine the effect of ventilation (sustained inflation-SI vs. positive pressure ventilation-V) with early (ECC) or delayed cord clamping (DCC) in asphyxiated near-term lambs. We hypothesized that SI with DCC improves gas exchange and hemodynamics in near-term lambs with asphyxial bradycardia. A total of 28 lambs were asphyxiated to a mean blood pressure of 22 mmHg. L…

  • Oxygenation and Hemodynamics during Chest Compressions in a Lamb Model of Perinatal Asphyxia Induced Cardiac Arrest

    Open AccessMunmun Rawat, Praveen Chandrasekharan et al.ARTICLEChildren2019

    The current guidelines recommend the use of 100% O2 during resuscitation of a neonate requiring chest compressions (CC). Studies comparing 21% and 100% O2 during CC were conducted in postnatal models and have not shown a difference in incidence or timing of return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). The objective of this study is to evaluate systemic oxygenation and oxygen delivery to the brain during CC in an ovine model of perinatal asphyxial ar…