Pulse Oximeter Saturation Targeting and Oximeter Changes in the Benefits of Oxygen Saturation Targeting (BOOST)-II Australia and BOOST-II UK Oxygen Trials.

Stenson, Benjamin J; Donoghoe, Mark; Brocklehurst, Peter; Davis, Peter G; Juszczak, Edmund; Marschner, Ian C; Simes, John; Tarnow-Mordi, William O · J Pediatr · 2019

meta_analysis · Level I

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Abstract

Infants in the Australian and UK Benefits of Oxygen Saturation Targeting-II trials treated using revised oximeters spent more time within their planned pulse oximeter saturation target ranges than infants treated using the original oximeters (P < .001). This may explain the larger mortality difference seen with revised oximeters. If so, average treatment effects from the Neonatal Oxygen Prospective Meta-analysis trials may be underestimates.

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