Letter/Communication
Oxygen-Saturation Targets in Extremely Preterm Infants
The New England journal of medicine, Vol.349(24), pp.2362-2362
12/11/2003
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200312113492418
PMID: 14668467
Abstract
To the Editor:
Askie et al. (Sept. 4 issue)
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report the effects of oxygen-saturation targeting at 32 weeks of postmenstrual age on outcomes in premature infants. First, why did the authors define “standard saturation” as 91 to 94 percent and “high saturation” as 95 to 98 percent? Vijayakumar and colleagues conducted a survey of 100 neonatal intensive care units and found that 71 percent used target saturations ranging well below 91 percent.
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We are unclear as to how Askie et al. used our survey,
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which they cite, to support routine targeting of high saturations. We found, for infants at 36 . . .
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Oxygen-Saturation Targets in Extremely Preterm Infants
- Creators
- Dan L Ellsbury - Pediatrix Medical Group of Iowa, West Des Moines, IA 50266Jonathan M Klein - Children's Hospital of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242Lisa Askie - University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, AustraliaDavid Henderson-Smart - University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
- Resource Type
- Letter/Communication
- Publication Details
- The New England journal of medicine, Vol.349(24), pp.2362-2362
- Publisher
- Massachusetts Medical Society
- DOI
- 10.1056/NEJM200312113492418
- PMID
- 14668467
- ISSN
- 0028-4793
- eISSN
- 1533-4406
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/11/2003
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Neonatology
- Record Identifier
- 9984093311502771
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