Oxygen saturation targets for newborns cared for in New Zealand neonatal units
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Practice recommendation for Oxygen saturation targets for newborns cared for in neonatal units, New Zealand
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NZCYCN national guidelines
Oxygen therapy for preterm and term infants improves survival in situations where lung immaturity, infection or other pulmonary conditions reduce the arterial oxygen concentration. Oxygen saturations provide the best continuous measure of arterial oxygen concentrations and are easily measured.
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