Association between Policy Changes for Oxygen Saturation Alarm Settings and Neonatal Morbidity and Mortality in Infants Born Very Preterm.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the impact of policy changes for pulse oximetry oxygen saturation (SpO₂) alarm limits on neonatal mortality and morbidity among infants born very preterm.

Study design

This was a retrospective cohort study of infants born very preterm in the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network. Infants were classified based on treatment at a hospital with an SpO₂ alarm policy change and study epoch (before vs after policy change). We used a generalized linear mixed model to determine the effect of hospital group and epoch on the primary outcomes of mortality and severe retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) and secondary outcomes of necrotizing enterocolitis, bronchopulmonary dysplasi

SUBMITTER: Foglia EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6535348 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature