Oxygen supplementation in the delivery room: updated information.
Resuscitation is the most common procedure performed in neonatology. However, new contributions based on scientific evidence challenge the traditional procedures. Of these new contributions, the use of room-air instead of 100% oxygen and titration of the oxygen inspiratory fraction according to oximetry and heart rate represent a new approach in the resuscitation of both term and preterm newborns.
Neonatal Research Unit, Division of Neonatology, University Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain. maximo.vento@uv.es
Maximo
M
Vento
Ola D
OD
Saugstad
D003696:Delivery Rooms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008297:Male; D009359:Neonatology / Q000379:methods; D010092:Oximetry / Q000379:methods*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012151:Resuscitation / Q000379:methods*; D047929:Term Birth
D010100:Oxygen