Oxygénothérapie en période néonatale

Although oxygen has been widely used in the neonatal period for many years, and although serious complications such as retinopathy of the premature infant have been directly attributed to its use, there persists a degree of uncertainty about the optimal level of oxygen which should be used or target levels to achieve. There is a great variability in current practices. Some theoretical data and recent clinical results question uncontrolled use of oxygen during the neonatal period. Controlled studies comparing the effects of strategies with different target levels for oxygen saturation are planned to provide evidence-based answers to these questions.