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Study ObjectivesPulse-oximetry (SpO(2)) allows the identification of important clinical physiology. However, summary statistics such as mean values and desaturation incidence do not capture the complexity of the information contained within continuous recordings. The aim of this study was to develop an objective method to quantify important SpO(2) characteristics; and assess its utility in healthy infant and preterm neonate cohorts.
MethodsAn algorithm was developed to calculate the desaturation incidence, depth, and duration. These variables are presented using three plots: SpO(2) cumulative-frequency relationship; desaturation-depth versus incidence; desaturation-duration versus incidence. This method was applied to two populations who underwent nocturnal pulse-oximetry: (1) thirty-four healthy term infants studied at 2-weeks, 3, 6, 12, and 24-months of age and (2) thirty-seven neonates born <26 weeks and studied at discharge from NICU (37-44 weeks post-conceptual age).
ResultsThe maturation in healthy infants was characterized by reduced desaturation index (27.2/h vs 3.3/h at 2-weeks and 24-months, P<0.01), and increased percentage of desaturation events 6-s in duration (27.8% vs 43.2% at 2-weeks and 3-months, P<0.01). Compared with term-infants, preterm infants had a greater desaturation incidence (54.8/h vs 27.2/h, P<0.01), and these desaturations were deeper (52.9% vs 37.6% were 6% below baseline, P<0.01). The incidence of longer desaturations (14-s) in preterm infants was correlated with healthcare utilization over the first 24-months (r=0.63, P<0.01).
ConclusionsThis tool allows the objective comparison of extended oximetry recordings between groups and for individuals; and serves as a basis for the development of reference ranges for populations.
- 出版日期2018-5
