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Oxygen as a neonatal health hazard: call for détente in clinical practice
Author(s) -
Sola Augusto,
Rogido Marta R,
Deulofeut Richard
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00287.x
Subject(s) - medicine , retinopathy of prematurity , pulse oximetry , intensive care medicine , clinical practice , oxygenation , oxygen , oxygen therapy , breathing , pediatrics , nursing , anesthesia , gestational age , chemistry , genetics , organic chemistry , biology , pregnancy
Education in oxygenation and in how oxygen is given to newborns needs to increase. Treatment with oxygen should no longer be considered proverbial and customary, regardless of our ‘past experience’ or consensus recommendations in clinical guidelines, since oxygen may lead to acute or chronic health effects. Conclusion: Inappropriate oxygen use is a neonatal health hazard associated with aging, DNA damage and cancer, retinopathy of prematurity, injury to the developing brain, infection and others. Neonatal exposure to pure O 2 , even if brief, or to pulse oximetry >95% when breathing supplemental O 2 must be avoided as much as possible.