This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows:

In newly born infants resuscitated with intermittent positive pressure ventilation, does PPV via an endotracheal tube as compared to a face mask reduce mortality and morbidity?

Planned subgroup analyses:

• gestational age: term (37 weeks gestation and above), preterm (less than 37 weeks) infants

• professional category or experience of resuscitator