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Premies may be better off with high oxygen in the first minutes, before tapering down to normal.

This is not currently done, it appears, but once was.

1 posted on 07/09/2024 9:55:58 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
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2 posted on 07/09/2024 9:56:30 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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Oxygen levels that are too high can cause blindness in preemies.


3 posted on 07/09/2024 11:00:20 PM PDT by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus…)
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The famous singer, Stevie Wonder, was blinded by too much oxygen as a premie. The risk of blindness is probably why the practice of giving high doses of oxygen to premies was discontinued.

The high oxygen didn’t help every premie. My own brother died despite a high oxygen environment. I never got to meet him.


4 posted on 07/09/2024 11:19:46 PM PDT by exDemMom (Dr. exDemMom, infectious disease and vaccines research specialist.)
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When I was in training, it was 100%


5 posted on 07/10/2024 1:24:46 AM PDT by nikos1121
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