Oxygen supplementation in the delivery room: T-piece resuscitator cap open or occluded?
Lindsay A EllsworthMeera MeerkovNicoletta DoglioniDaniele TrevisanutoGary WeinerPublished in: Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association (2019)
Gas flow from the T-piece is affected by the inflow rate and cap occlusion but oxygen concentration is not. To deliver 5 LPM of free-flow oxygen with the cap open, a minimum of 8 LPM gas inflow is required.