New Methods for Noninvasive Oxygen Administration

Colm P Travers; Waldemar A Carlo

doi:10.1016/j.clp.2019.05.012

New Methods for Noninvasive Oxygen Administration

Clin Perinatol. 2019 Sep;46(3):449-458. doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2019.05.012. Epub 2019 Jun 12.

Authors

Colm P Travers¹, Waldemar A Carlo²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neonatology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Suite 9380 WIC, 1700 6th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA.
² Division of Neonatology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Suite 9380 WIC, 1700 6th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35249, USA. Electronic address: wcarlo@peds.uab.edu.

PMID: 31345540
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2019.05.012

Abstract

Oxygen therapy is an essential part of neonatal care. Targeting oxygen saturations and preventing hypoxemia and hyperoxemia is difficult, particularly in preterm infants. The mode of oxygen delivery directly affects the stability of oxygen saturations, hypoxemia, and hyperoxemia. This stability has important clinical implications. New methods of noninvasive oxygen administration, including closed-loop automated control and servo-controlled oxygen environments, have been developed to improve oxygen saturation targeting and decrease episodes of hyperoxemia and hypoxemia.

Keywords: Environment; Hyperoxemia; Hypoxemia; Intermittent hypoxemia; Nasal cannula; Noninvasive; Oxygen; Targeting.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Hypoxia / therapy*
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature*
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal*
Oxygen Inhalation Therapy / methods*