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Supplemental oxygen did not reduce progression of pre-threshold retinopathy of prematurity in infants The STOP›ROP Multicenter Study Group. Supplemental therapeutic oxygen for prethreshold retinopathy of prematurity (STOP›ROP), a randomized, controlled trial. I: primary outcomes. Pediatrics 2000 Feb;105:295–310. QUESTION: In premature infants, is supplemental oxygen at pulse oximetry saturations of 96 % to 99 % more effective than conventional oxygen at pulse oximetry saturations of 89 % to 94 % in reducing the progression from moderate (pre-threshold) to threshold retinopathy of prematurity (ROP)