Newborn resuscitation: should we oxygenate or not?

摘要

how should we oxygenate newborn and infants suffering from hypoxia and ischemia? Is it harmful to use 100% O2? It may seem odd to question a practice that has been carried out for so long, seemingly without any adverse effects. The case is, however, that after the practice of routinely using 100% O2 for newborn resuscitation was examined, many serious potentially harmful effects have to date been described (for review, see Ref. 13).