Resuscitation with room-air or oxygen supplementation.
An accumulating body of data indicates that optimal newborn resuscitation is not performed with 100% oxygen. On the contrary, ambient air seems to have several advantages compared with supplemental oxygen. Present guidelines on newborn resuscitation should be critically reviewed and revised according to scientific evidence.
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Department of Pediatric Research, National Hospital, University of Oslo, Norway. o.d.saugstad@rh.uio.no
D000388:Air; D001238:Asphyxia Neonatorum / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000379:methods*; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006801:Humans; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016896:Treatment Outcome