There are 7 different averaging time settings available with PRICO (Acutronic Medical Systems AG, Hirzel, Switzerland), but after over a year of experience there is no clear clinical impression of the best setting. Therefore, a small systematic study is needed to determine the optimal guidelines.
The aim of the study is to determine the preferred oximeter averaging setting during automated control of FiO2 (A-FiO2) in infants receiving respiratory support and supplemental oxygen.