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Máximo Vento1, Marta Aguar, María Brugada
1Division of Neonatology, University & Polytechnic Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain. maximo.vento@uv.es
Abstract:
Fetal life evolves in a low oxygen milieu as compared to the extra-uterine. In the fetal to neonatal transition rapid changes in the oxygen content of the newly born infant occur within a brief period of time. Delivery room care givers should be aware of the slow transition regarding oxygenation, and supply oxygen as needed trying to avoid damage caused by hyper-and-hypoxia. In this regard, titrating oxygen inspiratory fraction against oxygen saturation as measured by pulse oximetry following recent nomogram ranges is a valid method.
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