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Effect of care positions on oxygen saturation in healthy low birth weight infants

Introduction: Since the first time, when the Prone position was introduced as a therapeutic maneuver in lung disease, numerous studies in both adult and pediatric subjects have almost uniformly reported an improvement in Pao2 in the Prone position compared to supine. Material and Method: To determine the effect of body position on oxygenation, 31 healthy low birth weight infants which were just feeding and being prepared for discharge, were followed by trans-cutaneous (tc) monitoring for Spo2 with position changes all the patients were low birth weight but none of them had respiratory disease at the time of study. Results: Mean (±$D) tc Spo2 during 30 minutes in Prone and supine positions were; 94.85% (±6.6) and 93.05 (±7.5%) respectively. (p=0.089). Also mean (±SD) tc Spo2 at 30th min in Prone and supine positions, Were 93.06% (±7.8%) and 93.16% (±8.5%) respectively (P=0.9). Conclusion: These findings suggest that, there is no significant improvement in arterial oxygen tension in Prone versus supine position in healthy low birth weight infants.