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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jul 14.
Published in final edited form as: Can J Physiol Pharmacol. 2018 Oct 26;97(3):174–182. doi: 10.1139/cjpp-2018-0376

Table 1.

Suggested oxygen therapy in the delivery room and during neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) stay.

Gestational
age
Delivery room: initial FIO2 NICU stay: SpO2 target
<28 weeks 0.3* 91%–95%
28–31 weeks 0.21–0.3*
≥32 weeks 0.21*

Note: FIO2, fraction of inspired oxygen; SpO2, oxyhemoglobin saturation as measured by pulse oximeter (Oei et al.2018).

*

Titrate FIO2 to Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) target SpO2.