Oxygen supplementation to stabilize preterm infants in the fetal to neonatal transition: no satisfactory answer.

• Main Authors: Isabel eTorres-Cuevas (Author), Maria eCernada (Author), Antonio eNuñez (Author), Javier eEscobar (Author), Julia eKuligowski (Author), Consuelo eChafer-Pericas (Author), MAXIMO eVENTO (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Fetal life elapses in a relatively low oxygen environment. Immediately after birth with the initiation of breathing the lung expands and oxygen availability to tissue rises by twofold generating a physiologic oxidative stress. However, both lung anatomy and function and the antioxidant defense syste...