Safe oxygen saturation targeting and monitoring in preterm infants: can we avoid hypoxia and hyperoxia?
Year: 2014
Type: review
Abstract: UNLABELLED: Oxygen is a neonatal health hazard that should be avoided in clinical practice. In this review, an international team of neonatologists and nurses assessed oxygen saturation (SpO2 ) targeting in preterm infants and evaluated the potential weaknesses of randomised clinical trials. CONCLUSION: SpO2 of 85-89% can increase mortality and 91-95% can cause hyperoxia and ill effects. Neither of these ranges can be recommended, and wider intermediate targets, such as 87-94% or 88-94%, may be safer.
Source: Acta Paediatrica
DOI: 10.1111/apa.12692
Authors: Augusto Sola, Sergio G. Golombek, María Teresa Montes Bueno, Lourdes Lemus‐Varela, Claudia Zuluaga, Fernando Domínguez, Hernando Baquero, Alejandro E. Young Sarmiento, Diego Natta, Jose M. Rodriguez Perez, Richard Deulofeut, Ana Quiroga, Gabriel Lara Flores, Mónica Morgues, Alfredo García‐Alix Pérez, Bart Van Overmeire, Frank Bel
Institutions: New York Medical College, Westchester Medical Center, Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, Hospital Universitario La Paz, Mexican Social Security Institute, Universidad del Valle, University of Havana, Universidad del Norte, Hospital Escuela Universitario, Hospital Privado de Comunidad, Austral University, University of Chile, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona, Erasmus Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht
Language: English
Subfield: Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $4,480
OpenAlex ID: W1980469766