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Oxygen saturation profile of term equivalent extreme preterm infants at discharge – comparison with healthy term counterparts
Author(s) -
Rath Chandra,
Kluckow Martin
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
acta paediatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/apa.13306
Subject(s) - medicine , saturation (graph theory) , oxygen saturation , anesthesia , oxygen , pediatrics , gestational age , zoology , pregnancy , chemistry , mathematics , organic chemistry , combinatorics , biology , genetics
Abstract Aim Compare the oxygen saturation profiles before discharge of neonates born extremely preterm (<28 weeks), now at term equivalent age, with healthy term neonates and assess the impact of feeding on this profile in each group. Methods We prospectively evaluated and compared the oxygen saturation profile in 15 very low birthweight infants at term equivalent age, ready to be discharged home without any oxygen and 15 term newborns after 48 hours of life. We also evaluated and compared the saturations of these two groups during a one‐hour period during and after feeding. Results Term equivalent preterm and term infants spent median 3% and 0%, respectively, of the time below 90% in a 12‐hour saturation‐recording period. Term infants spent a median 0.26% and 0.65% of the time in <90% saturation during feed time and no feed time, respectively. In contrast, preterm infants spent significantly more time <90% saturation (3.47% and 3.5% during feed time and no feed time, respectively). Conclusion Term equivalent preterm infants spent significantly more time in a saturation range <90% compared to term infants. Feeding had little effect on saturation profile overall within each group.