ORONASOPHARYNGEAL SUCTION AT BIRTH - EFFECTS ON ARTERIAL OXYGEN-SATURATION

Authors
CARRASCO M MARTELL M ESTOL PC
Citation
M. Carrasco et al., ORONASOPHARYNGEAL SUCTION AT BIRTH - EFFECTS ON ARTERIAL OXYGEN-SATURATION, The Journal of pediatrics, 130(5), 1997, pp. 832-834
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
The Journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223476
Volume
130
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
832 - 834
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3476(1997)130:5<832:OSAB-E>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The effect of oronasopharyngeal suction (ONPS) on arterial oxygen satu ration (Sao(2)) is described in a controlled study of 30 normal term n ewborn infants. In 15 of them, ONPS was performed immediately after bi rth, The Sao(2) value was recorded through a pulse oximeter. the ONPS group had a significantly lower Sao(2) between the first and the sixth minutes of life and took longer to reach 86% and 92% saturation. Acco rding to this study, ONPS should not be performed as a routine procedu re in normal, term, vaginally born infants.