Stress Oximetry: Description of a Test to Determine Readiness for Discontinuing Oxygen Therapy in Infants with Chronic Lung Disease

• Main Authors: Naveed Hussain (Author), Janet Schwenn (Author), Jennifer Trzaski (Author), Mariann Pappagallo (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: Hindawi Limited, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background. In infants with CLD there are no objective tests to monitor an infant's progress towards weaning out of oxygen inhalation therapy (O2IT). A test involving staged maneuvers of increasing respiratory stress while decreasing oxygen support, termed Stress Oximetry (StressOx), has been u...