title: The use and misuse of oxygen during the neonatal period.
abstract: This article describes aerobic metabolism, oxygen free radicals, antioxidant defenses, oxidative stress, inflammatory response and redox signaling, the fetal to neonatal transition, arterial oxygen saturation, oxygen administration in the delivery room, oxygen during neonatal care in the NICU, evolving oxygen needs in the first few weeks of life, and complications that can occur when infants go home from the hospital on oxygen.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatology, University & Polytechnic Hospital La Fe, Bulevar Sur s/n, Valencia, Spain. maximo.vento@uv.es
authors.forename: Máximo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vento
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Escobar
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cernada
authors.forename: Raquel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Escrig
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aguar
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants / Q000378:metabolism; D005609:Free Radicals / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000378:metabolism / Q000628:therapy*; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D005609:Free Radicals; D010100:Oxygen