Susanna Myrnerts Höök
- E-mailsusanna.hook@uib.no
- Visitor AddressBjörngårdsgatan 16 b11852 Stockholm
- Postal AddressPostboks 78045020 Bergen
Learn more about Susanna's work: Helping Neonates Survive the First Day of Life
Susanna Myrnerts Höök plan to defend her thesis springtime 2021 with the title "Supporting neonatal resuscitation in low-resource settings - innovations and new strategies".
Research projects
2019-recent Co-investigator in the NEO-SPIRIT Trial (NEOnatal SuPRaglottic vIetnam Trial) Assessment of a Supraglottic Device Versus Endotracheal Intubation in Neonatal Resuscitation in Vietnam – a Randomised Phase III Clinical Trial (NEO-SPIRIT).
2016 – 2019 NeoSupra trial, a multi-centre, phase III, open-label, randomized clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy of i-gel®supraglottic airway used in neonatal resuscitation in reducing early neonatal mortality and morbidity compared to standard of care face-mask ventilation (FMV) in low income countries. Part of the coordination team, the steering committee and data management team.
2016 – recent PhD candidate at Bergen University, Norway, Paper I-III are published in Acta Paediatrica, BMJ Paediatrics Open and New England Journal of Medicine. Name of articles planned in thesis:
- Accurate and fast neonatal heart rate assessment with a smartphone-based application - a manikin study
- Smartphone app for neonatal heart rate assessment– an observational study.
- A randomized trial of laryngeal mask airway in neonatal resuscitation.
2013 – recent Development of NeoTap, a new free application for registration of heart rate during resuscitation of newborn babies. Including a manikin-study at Sachs´s Children and Youth hospital in Stockholm, Sweden.
1999 – 2000 “Arthritis among children of the Shipibo people.” Pucallpa, Peru, Anders Fasth, Professor of Paediatric Immunology, The Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
Languages Swedish, native tongue – English/Spanish/French, fluently spoken and written
2016-recent Master trainer Helping Babies Breathe neonatal resuscitation training, Uganda
2015 Participate in organizing training in Essential Newborn Care for MSF doctors
2014 Teacher for medical students at Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
- (2022). Oxygen saturation after birth in resuscitated neonates in Uganda: A video-based observational study. BMJ Paediatrics Open. 7 pages.
- (2022). Neonatal resuscitation monitoring: A low-cost video recording setup for quality improvement in the delivery room at the resuscitation table. Frontiers in pediatrics. 11 pages.
- (2021). Respiratory monitoring during neonatal resuscitation using a supraglottic airway device vs. a face mask. Resuscitation. 107-113.
- (2021). Outcome of infants with 10 min Apgar scores of 0-1 in a low-resource setting. Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition. 421-424.
- (2021). Neonatal resuscitation practices in Uganda: A video observational study. BMJ Paediatrics Open.
- (2020). Smartphone app for neonatal heart rate assessment: an observational study. BMJ Paediatrics Open.
- (2020). A randomized trial of laryngeal mask airway in neonatal resuscitation. New England Journal of Medicine. 2138-2147.
- (2019). Neonatal resuscitation using a supraglottic airway device for improved mortality and morbidity outcomes in a low-income country: Study protocol for a randomized trial. Trials. 1-9.
- (2018). Accurate and fast neonatal heart rate assessment with a smartphone‐based application – a manikin study. Acta Paediatrica. 1548-1554.
- (2017). Neonatal resuscitation using a laryngeal mask airway: a randomised trial in Uganda. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 255-260.
- (2021). Supporting neonatal resuscitation in low-resource settings: Innovations and new strategies.
More information in national current research information system (CRIStin)
Publications
Myrnerts Hook S, Pejovic NJ, Cavallin F, Lubulwa C, Byamugisha J, Nankunda J, Tylleskär T, Alfvén T. Smartphone app for neonatal heart rate assessment– an observational study. BMJ Paediatrics Open 2020;0:e000688. Doi:10.1136/bmjpo-2020-000688.
Myrnerts Hook S, Pejovic NJ, Marrone G, Tylleskär T, Alfvén T. Accurate and fast neonatal heart rate assessment with a smartphone-based application – a manikin study. Acta Paediatrica 2018;107:1548‐1554. Doi:10.1111/apa.14350.
Pejovic NJ*, Myrnerts Höök S*, Byamugisha J, Alfvén T, Lubulwa C, Cavallin F, Nankunda J, Ersdal E, Blennow M, Trevisanuto D, Tylleskär T.A randomized trial of laryngeal mask airway in neonatal resuscitation. The New England Journal of Medicine 2020;383:2138-47. Doi:10.1056/NEJMoa2005333. *contributed equally to this article.
Pejovic NJ, Myrnerts Höök S, Byamugisha J, Alfvén T, Lubulwa C, Cavallin F, Nankunda J, Ersdal H, Segafredo G, Blennow M, Trevisanuto D, Tylleskär T. Neonatal resuscitation using a supraglottic airway device for improved mortality and morbidity outcomes in a low-income country: study protocol for a randomized trial. Trials 2019 doi: 10.1186/s13063-019-3455-8.
Alfvén T, Helldén D, Pejovic N, Myrnerts Höök S, Tylleskär T. Apropå! Globala hälsosystem och vikten av innovationer.Lakartidningen. 2018 Jan 22;115.
Pejovic NJ, Trevisanuto D, Lubulwa C, Myrnerts Höök S, Cavallin F, Byamugisha J, Nankunda J, Tylleskär T. Neonatal resuscitation using a laryngeal mask airway: a randomised trial in Uganda. Arch Dis Child. 2018 doi: 10.1136
Myrnerts Höök S, Andersson M, Hansson A, Fasth A. The adaptation and application of child health assessment questionnaire (CHAQ) to an indigenous population of Amazonian Peru, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2000;59:722
High prevalence of childhood chronic arthritis among people of the Shipibo people of Amazonian Peru, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2000;59:722A
2019-recent
Co-investigator in the NEO-SPIRIT Trial (NEOnatal SuPRaglottic vIetnam Trial)
Assessment of a Supraglottic Device Versus Endotracheal Intubation in Neonatal Resuscitation in Vietnam – a Randomised Phase III Clinical Trial (NEO-SPIRIT).