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Volume 3

Journal of Nursing Research and Practice

Nursing & Immunology 2019

March 11-12, 2019

Neonatology, Pediatric Nursing and Nursing

Immunology

March 11-12, 2019 London, UK

World Congress on

Study of oxygen saturation by pulse oximetry in healthy preterm and term neonates at birth

Sodhi Haveen

and

Bains HS

Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, India

Statement of the Problem:

Oxygen is commonly used in newborns, especially preterm infants at birth and afterwards and to monitor

the SpO2 there is an increasing evidence of using pulse oximetry in the labour room. There is paucity of data for the reference ranges

of oxygen saturation for preterm and term infants after birth and also there is a need to compare these values in these groups. A

study was undertaken to describe range of saturation in healthy term and preterm infants during first 10 minutes of life and their

comparison on the basis of gestational age.

Methodology & Theoretical Orientation:

Two hundred healthy term and preterm neonates delivered normally or by caesarean

section who did not require any intervention or support for survival were included in this study. The SpO2 readings were recorded

using Masimo pulse oximeter at 1 to 10 minutes after birth.

Findings:

The median SpO2 value at 1,3,7 and 10 minutes after birth, respectively, for newborns < 37 weeks (n=97) was 78%, 89%,

95% and 96%. The median SpO2 values at 1,3,7 and 10 minutes for newborns born at gestation ≥ 37(n=103) weeks was 80%, 90%,

96% and 96% respectively. We present percentile charts for all infants, term infants of ≥ 37 weeks, late preterm infants of 34 to 36

+6 weeks and infants of <34 weeks. Pulse oximetry can be used during neonatal resuscitation and with knowledge about the normal

changes in SpO2 in the first minutes of life with regards to the gestation age can be useful for the resuscitation team as they can assess

the infant’s oxygen requirements with reference charts for SpO2 at different gestations in the delivery room.

J Nursing Research and Practice, Volume 3

DOI: 10.4172/2632-251X-C1-003