The toxigen initiative: Targeting oxygen saturation to avoid sequelae in very preterm infants

Advances in Neonatal Care

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 139-145

  Deuber, Charlene ^a   Abbasi, Soraya ^b   Schwoebel, Ann ^b   Terhaar, Mary ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain injury; Chronic lung disease; Hyperoxia; Oxygen saturation; Retinopathy of prematurity; Supplemental oxygen; Target saturation range; Very preterm infant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; HUMAN; HYPEROXIA; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

COHORT STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPEROXIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84879336410     PISSN: 15360903     EISSN: 15360911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANC.0b013e31828913cc     Document Type: Article

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