Oxygen and Its Checkered History in Neonatal Care

If he were alive today, Dr Bill Silverman would have been anguished by how long it has taken us to bring clarity around the use of oxygen in newborns. After all, it is one of the most widely prescribed treatments in our discipline, and one that carries serious risks of harm with both overuse and underuse. Decades earlier, while referring to one of the earliest randomized clinical trials exploring the role of oxygen in causing retinopathy of prematurity,1 Dr Silverman (Fig.  1) had cautioned us that “in making war with nature, there is a risk of loss in winning” (John McPhee, The Control of Nature).

Source: Clinics in Perinatology - June 21, 2019 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Lucky Jain Tags: Foreword Source Type: research