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Reference ranges for regional cerebral tissue oxygen saturation and fractional oxygen extraction in neonates during

Gerhard Pichler1, Corinna Binder, Alexander Avian

  • 1Research Unit for Cerebral Development and Oximetry, Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.

The Journal of Pediatrics
|August 27, 2013
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Keywords:
Arterial oxygen saturationBWBirth weightCBFCDCD(Preterm)CD(Term)Cerebral blood flowCesarean deliveryGAGestational ageHRHeart rateLMSLeast mean squareNIRSNear infrared spectroscopyPreterm neonates after cesarean deliveryRegional cerebral fractional tissue oxygen extractionRegional cerebral tissue oxygen saturationRegional tissue oxygen saturationSpO(2)Term neonates after cesarean deliveryTerm neonates after vaginal deliveryVDVD(Term)Vaginal deliverycFTOEcrSO(2)rSO(2)

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