Oxygen Standards for Newborn Resuscitation Evolve

Back in 2005, the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation, (ILCOR) concluded that the benefit of 100% oxygen for initial newborn resuscitation was of "indeterminate value". At that time oxygen use for newborns was hotly debated between international, practioners that felt oxygen was the most important aspect of a newborn resuscitation, and others that warned against overuse of oxygen. Points of consensus around neonatal oxygen use were eventually built to include a broad latitude of viewpoints, and guidelines were published a bit later than expected.