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.
Department of Pediatric Research, National Hospital, University of Oslo, Norway. o.d.saugstad@rh.uio.no
O D
OD
Saugstad
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