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. 2022 Jun 22:10:915312.
doi: 10.3389/fped.2022.915312. eCollection 2022.

Automated Oxygen Delivery in Neonatal Intensive Care

Vrinda Nair  1   2 , Prakash Loganathan  1 , Mithilesh Kumar Lal  1 , Thomas Bachman  3
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Automated Oxygen Delivery in Neonatal Intensive Care

Vrinda Nair et al. Front Pediatr. .

Abstract

Oxygen is the most common drug used in the neonatal intensive care. It has a narrow therapeutic range in preterm infants. Too high (hyperoxemia) or low oxygen (hypoxemia) is associated with adverse neonatal outcomes. It is not only prudent to maintain oxygen saturations in the target range, but also to avoid extremes of oxygen saturations. In routine practice when done manually by the staff, it is challenging to maintain oxygen saturations within the target range. Automatic control of oxygen delivery is now feasible and has shown to improve the time spent with in the target range of oxygen saturations. In addition, it also helps to avoid extremes of oxygen saturation. However, there are no studies that evaluated the clinical outcomes with automatic control of oxygen delivery. In this narrative review article, we aim to present the current evidence on automatic oxygen control and the future directions.

Keywords: automated oxygen; hyperoxemia; hypoxemia; oxygen saturation; preterm.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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CLiO2™ integral to the AveaⓇ infant ventilator.
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Oxygen assist module in Vapotherm Precision Flow Device.
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