RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Life-threatening event during skin-to-skin contact in the delivery room JF BMJ Case Reports FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd SP bcr1120103475 DO 10.1136/bcr.11.2010.3475 VO 2010 A1 Brett Schrewe A1 Annie Janvier A1 Keith Barrington YR 2010 UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2010/bcr.11.2010.3475.abstract AB After an uncomplicated term delivery, a newborn infant experienced a life-threatening even a few minutes after being born. Few such events have been described before, they may be due to suffocation; minor changes in surveillance can probably prevent these potentially devastating events.