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Volume 349:2362 December 11, 2003 Number 24
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Oxygen-Saturation Targets in Extremely Preterm Infants

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by Askie, L. M.
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To the Editor: Askie et al. (Sept. 4 issue)1 report the effects of oxygen-saturation targeting at 32 weeks of postmenstrual age on outcomes in premature infants. First, why did the authors define "standard saturation" as 91 to 94 percent and "high saturation" as 95 to 98 percent? Vijayakumar and colleagues conducted a survey of 100 neonatal intensive care units and found that 71 percent used target saturations ranging well below 91 percent.2 We are unclear as to how Askie et al. used our survey,3 which they cite, to support routine targeting of high saturations. We found, for infants at 36 . . . [Full Text of this Article]



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