The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 148, Issue 5 , Pages 569-570 , May 2006

Oxygen saturations immediately after birth

  • Ola Didrik Saugstad, MD, PhD, FRCPE

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    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ola Didrik Saugstad, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Pediatrisk Forsknings Institutt, Rikshospitalet, 0027 Oslo, Norway.

Received 23 January 2006 ,Accepted 20 February 2006.

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PII: S0022-3476(06)00141-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2006.02.039

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 148, Issue 5 , Pages 569-570 , May 2006

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