SynthesisJAMA2018
Association Between Oxygen Saturation Targeting and Death or Disability in Extremely Preterm Infants in the Neonatal Oxygenation Prospective Meta-analysis Collaboration.
Synthesis in JAMA, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 197 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Appropriate Levels of Oxygen Saturation for Extremely Preterm Infants: Prospective Individual Patient Data Meta-analysis
Does Closed-loop Automated Oxygen Control During Mechanical Ventilation Reduce Hypoxic Events? A Randomised Controlled Crossover Study in Ventilated Infants
Automated Oxygen Control for Preterm Infants On Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP): Phase 1/2 Trial In Southwest Nigeria
Who cites it
197 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 415 citations in OpenAlex.
- Sex differences in the risk of retinopathy of prematurity: a systematic review, frequentist and Bayesian meta-analysis, and meta-regression.World journal of pediatrics : WJP · 2024Pooled it
- European Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Respiratory Distress Syndrome: 2022 Update.Neonatology · 2023Guideline
- Lung recruitment manoeuvres for reducing mortality and respiratory morbidity in mechanically ventilated neonates.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Anemia and Red Blood Cell Transfusions, Cerebral Oxygenation, Brain Injury and Development, and Neurodevelopmental Outcome in Preterm Infants: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Pooled it
- State of the Evidence Traffic Lights 2019: Systematic Review of Interventions for Preventing and Treating Children with Cerebral Palsy.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2020Pooled it
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- Positive end-expiratory pressure for preterm infants requiring conventional mechanical ventilation for respiratory distress syndrome or bronchopulmonary dysplasia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- European Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Respiratory Distress Syndrome - 2019 Update.Neonatology · 2019Guideline
- Time spent within the SpOBMJ open respiratory research · 2026Trial
- Desaturations with or without Bradycardia Are Associated with Cerebral and Abdominal Hypoxemia: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.Neonatology · 2026Trial
- Late Permissive Hypercapnia for Mechanically Ventilated Preterm Infants: A Randomized Trial.Pediatric pulmonology · 2025Trial
- Control of breathing in preterm infants on incubator oxygen or nasal cannula oxygen.Pediatric research · 2025Trial
- Comparison of supraglottic airway device and endotracheal tube in former preterm infants receiving general anesthesia: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- Extended CPAP or low-flow nasal cannula for intermittent hypoxaemia in preterm infants: a 24-hour randomised clinical trial.Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition · 2024Trial
- Performance and safety of the PRICO closed-loop oxygen saturation targeting system in neonates: pragmatic multicentre cross-over study (TarOx Study).BMJ paediatrics open · 2024Trial
- Caffeine to prevent intermittent hypoxaemia in late preterm infants: randomised controlled dosage trial.Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition · 2023Trial
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- Comparison of two devices for automated oxygen control in preterm infants: a randomised crossover trial.Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition · 2022Trial
- The Effect of Prenatal Treatments on Offspring Events in the Presence of Competing Events: An Application to a Randomized Trial of Fertility Therapies.Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2020Trial
- Oxygen systems to improve clinical care and outcomes for children and neonates: A stepped-wedge cluster-randomised trial in Nigeria.PLoS medicine · 2019Trial
137 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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30 authors at 18 institutions in 6 countries.
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Abstract
Importance: There are potential benefits and harms of hyperoxemia and hypoxemia for extremely preterm infants receiving more vs less supplemental oxygen. Objective: To compare the effects of different target ranges for oxygen saturation as measured by pulse oximetry (Spo2) on death or major morbidity. Design, Setting, and Participants: Prospectively planned meta-analysis of individual participant data from 5 randomized clinical trials (conducted from 2005-2014) enrolling infants born before 28 weeks' gestation. Exposures: Spo2 target range that was lower (85%-89%) vs higher (91%-95%). Main Outcomes and Measures: The primary outcome was a composite of death or major disability (bilateral blindness, deafness, cerebral palsy diagnosed as ≥2 level on the Gross Motor Function Classification System, or Bayley-III cognitive or language score <85) at a corrected age of 18 to 24 months. There were 16 secondary outcomes including the components of the primary outcome and other major morbidities. Results: A total of 4965 infants were randomized (2480 to the lower Spo2 target range and 2485 to the higher Spo2 range) and had a median gestational age of 26 weeks (interquartile range, 25-27 weeks) and a mean birth weight of 832 g (SD, 190 g). The primary outcome occurred in 1191 of 2228 infants (53.5%) in the lower Spo2 target group and 1150 of 2229 infants (51.6%) in the higher Spo2 target group (risk difference, 1.7% [95% CI, -1.3% to 4.6%]; relative risk [RR], 1.04 [95% CI, 0.98 to 1.09], P = .21). Of the 16 secondary outcomes, 11 were null, 2 significantly favored the lower Spo2 target group, and 3 significantly favored the higher Spo2 target group. Death occurred in 484 of 2433 infants (19.9%) in the lower Spo2 target group and 418 of 2440 infants (17.1%) in the higher Spo2 target group (risk difference, 2.8% [95% CI, 0.6% to 5.0%]; RR, 1.17 [95% CI, 1.04 to 1.31], P = .01). Treatment for retinopathy of prematurity was administered to 220 of 2020 infants (10.9%) in the lower Spo2 target group and 308 of 2065 infants (14.9%) in the higher Spo2 target group (risk difference, -4.0% [95% CI, -6.1% to -2.0%]; RR, 0.74 [95% CI, 0.63 to 0.86], P < .001). Severe necrotizing enterocolitis occurred in 227 of 2464 infants (9.2%) in the lower Spo2 target group and 170 of 2465 infants (6.9%) in the higher Spo2 target group (risk difference, 2.3% [95% CI, 0.8% to 3.8%]; RR, 1.33 [95% CI, 1.10 to 1.61], P = .003). Conclusions and Relevance: In this prospectively planned meta-analysis of individual participant data from extremely preterm infants, there was no significant difference between a lower Spo2 target range compared with a higher Spo2 target range on the primary composite outcome of death or major disability at a corrected age of 18 to 24 months. The lower Spo2 target range was associated with a higher risk of death and necrotizing enterocolitis, but a lower risk of retinopathy of prematurity treatment.
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