A physician wants a stable FiO2 of 0.5 for a newborn infant with severe hypoxemia. Which of the following systems would you select?

a. O2 hood with blender and heated humidi-fier
b. Pediatric ("croup") tent with O2 input of 8 L/min
c. O2 hood with blender and unheated hu-midifier
d. Infant incubator with O2 input of 10 L/min

ANS: A
Oxygen is delivered to the hood through either a heated air-entrainment nebulizer or a blending system with a heated humidifier.

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