Association between Intermittent Hypoxemia and NICU Length of Stay in Preterm Infants

CONCLUSIONS: Physiological instability on days 7-30 of age, as manifested by IH, is significantly associated with prolonged hospitalization. IH likely represents both a marker of initial severity of illness and the beginning of biological cascades, leading to prematurity-associated morbidities.PMID:38437802 | DOI:10.1159/000535264

Source: Neonatology - March 4, 2024 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Anna Maria Hibbs Zhengyi Chen Nori M Minich Richard J Martin Thomas M Raffay Peter M MacFarlane Juliann M Di Fiore Source Type: research