Oxygen Supplementation During Preterm Stabilization and the Relevance of the First 5 min After Birth

• Main Authors: Inmaculada Lara-Cantón (Author), Alvaro Solaz (Author), Anna Parra-Llorca (Author), Ana García-Robles (Author), Ivan Millán (Author), Isabel Torres-Cuevas (Author), Maximo Vento (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Fetal to neonatal transition entails cardiorespiratory, hemodynamic, and metabolic changes coinciding with the switch from placental to airborne respiration with partial pressures of oxygen of 4-5 kPa in utero raising to 8-9 kPa ex utero in few minutes. Preterm infants have immature lung and antioxi...