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Automated oxygen control in the preterm infant: automation yes, but we need intelligence

https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2018-316371

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    • Contributors PAD wrote the first draft of the manuscript and assembled contributions from AF, CFP and TJG. All authors approved the final version.

    • Competing interests The University of Tasmania and Royal Hobart Hospital have jointly lodged a provisional patent application concerning automated control of inspired oxygen concentration in the newborn infant and have a licencing agreement with SLE Limited in relation to OxyGenie automated oxygen control software. The University of Tuebingen holds a patent on the CLAC algorithm for automated oxygen control and have a licencing agreement with Löwenstein Medical in relation to this algorithm. AF and CFP are supported by a grant of the German Ministry of Research and Education for conducting the FiO2-C study on medium-term effects of closed-loop automated control of FiO2. No other competing interests are declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

    • Patient consent for publication Not required.

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