PaO2 levels and retrolental fibroplasia: a report of the cooperative study

• Published in: Pediatrics (Evanston) Vol. 60; no. 5; p. 655
• Main Authors: Kinsey, V E, Arnold, H J, Kalina, R E, Stern, L, Stahlman, M, Odell, G, Driscoll, Jr, J M, Elliott, J H, Payne, J, Patz, A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.11.1977
• Subjects: Birth Weight; Blood Transfusion; Carbon Dioxide - blood; Diphosphoglyceric Acids - blood; Disease Susceptibility; Exchange Transfusion, Whole Blood; Fetal Hemoglobin; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Oxygen - blood; Oxygen Inhalation Therapy; Partial Pressure; Retinopathy of Prematurity - blood; Retinopathy of Prematurity - epidemiology; Retinopathy of Prematurity - prevention & control; Risk

The relation between PaO2 and retrolental fibroplasia (RLF) was studied prospectively in 719 premature infants born in or treated in the intensive care units of a group of university hospitals. Blood gas studies were performed on 589 of these infants, 66 of whom had a diagnosis of RLF; in 27 of thes...