An infant at 36 weeks of gestation has increasing respirations (80 to 100 breaths per minute with significant substernal retractions).The infant is given oxygen by continuous nasal positive airway pressure (CPAP).What level of partial pressure of arterial oxygen (PaO₂)indicates hypoxia?

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The laboratory value of PaO₂ of 45 mm Hg is below the range for a normal neonate and indicates hypoxia in this infant.The normal range for PaO₂ is 60 to 80 mm Hg; therefore,PaO₂ levels of 67 and 73 mm Hg fall within the normal range,and a PaO₂ of 89 mm Hg is higher than the normal range.

An Infant at 36 Weeks of Gestation Has Increasing Respirations