PEDIATRICS Vol. 119 No. 1 January 2007, pp. 217 (doi:10.1542/peds.2006-2443)
LETTER TO THE EDITOR |
The Need to Assess Benefits and Not Just Risks of 100% Oxygen for Newborn Resuscitation
Henry J. Rozycki, MDNeonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA 23298-0276
| The first 20% of the full text of this article appears below. |
To the Editor.
The commentary "Oxygen for Newborn Resuscitation: How Much Is Enough?" by Saugstad et al1 provides a compendium of what these authors, in particular, have studied and published over the last 15 years. To their credit, they have diligently brought scientific examination to what has been the long-standing but unjustified practice of delivering 100% oxygen to asphyxiated newborns. Although I have a few concerns about their interpretation of the risk side of the risk/benefit equation, of greater concern is the absence of any information in their article about
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