Evaluation of the Effect of Warm and Humidified Oxygen as Compared to the Humidified Oxygen Alone in Neonates and Children with Respiratory Distress

AbstractIntroduction: Respiratory distress is common for which oxygen forms the mainstay of treatment and is given as humidified oxygen to newborn and children. The aim of the present study is to evaluate and compare the effect of warm and humidified oxygen with humidified oxygen alone in neonates and children with respiratory distress.Materials and Methods: For this study, 60 neonates and 60 children (2-12 years) with respiratory distress were enrolled. Oxygen supplementation was given as humidified oxygen for initial stabilization for 2 hours as per the extant practice and subsequently, neonates and children were divided into two subgroups for schema of evaluation and comparison as warm and humidified followed by humidified oxygen for 2 hours and again warm (36°C-38°C) and humidified oxygen and reversed for other schema. Results were analyzed using two-tailed t-test.Results: A majority of neonates were preterms (n = 32; 53.33%) and respiratory distress syndrome (n = 20; 33.33%) was the commonest cause f...