PEDIATRICS Vol. 80 No. 3 September 1987, pp. 461
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Meconium Suctioning

ROBERT BECK MD1

1 The Fairfax Hospital, 3300 Gallows Rd, Falls Church, VA 22046

To the Editor.—

With reference to Dr Eisner's comment (Pediatrics 1986;78:713) that it is technically difficult to intubate a neonate's trachea with a large suction catheter, I would reply that our neonatology group has enjoyed good success in suctioning meconium from below the cords in more than 1,600 meconium deliveries during the past 2 years using wall suction and a 10-F semistiff suction catheter with a side suction control valve (Superior suction catheter, Cumberland, RI).