Safe oxygen saturation targeting and monitoring in preterm infants: can we avoid hypoxia and hyperoxia?

Oxygen is a neonatal health hazard that should be avoided in clinical practice. In this review, an international team of neonatologists and nurses assessed oxygen saturation (SpO2) targeting in preterm infants and evaluated the potential weaknesses of randomised clinical trials.

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