Oxygen saturation ranges for healthy newborns within 24 hours at 1800 m.
There are minimal data to define normal oxygen saturation (SpO2) levels for infants within the first 24 hours of life and even fewer data generalisable to the 7% of the global population that resides at an altitude of >1500 m. The aim of this study was to establish the reference range for SpO2in healthy term and preterm neonates within 24 hours in Nairobi, Kenya, located at 1800 m. A random sample of clinically well infants had SpO2measured once in the first 24 hours. A total of 555 infants were enrolled. The 5th-95th percentile range for preductal and postductal SpO2was 89%-97% for the term and normal birthweight groups, and 90%-98% for the preterm and low birthweight (LBW) groups. This may suggest that 89% and 97% are reasonable SpO2bounds for well term, preterm and LBW infants within 24 hours at an altitude of 1800 m.
Department of Paediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
Melissa C
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3457-8452
MC
Morgan
Pumwani Maternity Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
Beth
B
Maina
Pumwani Maternity Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
Mary
M
Waiyego
Pumwani Maternity Hospital, Nairobi, Kenya.
Catherine
C
Mutinda
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.|KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.
Jalemba
J
Aluvaala
KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.
Michuki
M
Maina
KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya.|Nuffield Department of Medicine & Paediatrics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Mike
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7427-0826
M
English
D000531:Altitude; D001724:Birth Weight; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight / Q000097:blood; D007231:Infant, Newborn / Q000097:blood*; D007234:Infant, Premature / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D010092:Oximetry / Q000379:methods; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood*; D010313:Partial Pressure; D012016:Reference Values
D010100:Oxygen
SpO2; infant; oxygen saturation; preterm; pulse oximetry