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Umbilical venous blood pH: a useful aid ini the diagnosis of asphyxia at birth
"... SUMMARY Umbilical venous blood, and umbilical arterial blood pH, Po0, Pco, and base excess were determined in 453 term infants at birth. The results indicate that umbilical venous blood pH, and umbilical arterial blood pH are significantly related to each another. Acidosis, as defined by an umbilica ..."
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SUMMARY Umbilical venous blood, and umbilical arterial blood pH, Po0, Pco, and base excess were determined in 453 term infants at birth. The results indicate that umbilical venous blood pH, and umbilical arterial blood pH are significantly related to each another. Acidosis, as defined
INDIAN PEDIATRICS VOLUME 35-APRIL 1998 Clinical and Biochemical Asphyxia in Meconium Stained Deliveries
"... Presence of thick meconium in the am-niotic fluid is a predisposing factor towards adverse perinatal outcome mainly in the form of its aspiration and further sequelae Intrauterine passage of meconium may oc-cur as a physiological event or secondary to fetal hypoxia and acidosis(l-3) The diag-nosis o ..."
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of perinatal asphyxia is generally made on the basis of Apgar score taken one minute after birth It is affected by several factors including the gestational age, oropharyngeal management and drugs ad-ministered to the mother and is subject to personal bias The presence of acidosis in the umbilical arterial
Sonographic Diagnosis of Neonatal Diaphragmatic Inversion
"... Respiratory distress in the neonate is a common problem. An inverted hemidiaphragm may be a significant factor contributing to the respiratory distress. ' Inversion of both hemidiaphragms has been reported in all age group^. ^ Three papers in the literature report a total of 15 adults with righ ..."
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fluid. The in-fant was transferred to the Holden neonatal in-tensive care nursery with the diagnosis of severe birth asphyxia, meconium aspiration, oliguria, and seizures. High pressure ventilation requirements led to the complications of interstitial pulmonary em-physema, pneumothorax, and pneumomedias
Accuracy of WHO verbal autopsy tool in determining major causes of neonatal deaths in India. PLoS One
"... Objectives: This study was conducted to evaluate the performance of World Health Organisation (WHO) verbal autopsy tool in determining major causes of neonatal deaths. Methods: From a tertiary care hospital and a government multispecialty hospital, the attending paediatricians ascertained a clinical ..."
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and VA diagnosis was obtained. Findings: As per the clinical diagnosis, four most common causes of neonatal deaths were sepsis (29.1%), preterm birth (27.8%), birth asphyxia (27.2%), and congenital anomalies (11.5%). Cause specific mortality fractions by VA diagnosis were statistically similar to those
AIIMS- NICU protocols 2007 Post-resuscitation management of asphyxiated neonates
"... Downloaded from www.newbornwhocc.org 1 AIIMS- NICU protocols 2007 Inspite of major advances in monitoring technology and knowledge of fetal and perinatal medicine, Perinatal asphyxia is one of the significant causes of mortality and long term morbidity. Data from National Neonatal Perinatal database ..."
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database suggests that perinatal asphyxia contributes to almost 20 % of neonatal deaths in India. “Failure to initiate or sustain respiration after birth ” has been defined as criteria for the diagnosis of asphyxia by WHO. Perinatal asphyxia results in hypoxic injury to various organs including kidneys
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"... An 18-month-old boy presented to the paediatric outpatient clinic with delayed milestones and a recent episode of seizure. There was no history of birth asphyxia. On examination, the child had strabismus in his right eye. The head circumference was normal. The muscle tone was reduced. There was dela ..."
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An 18-month-old boy presented to the paediatric outpatient clinic with delayed milestones and a recent episode of seizure. There was no history of birth asphyxia. On examination, the child had strabismus in his right eye. The head circumference was normal. The muscle tone was reduced
Journal of Neonatal Surgery 2014;3(1):8
"... Wilms ’ tumour (WT) is seldom seen in a neonate and prenatal diagnosis is rare. We present a case of antenatally diagnosed left sided WT with features of hydrops foetalis in a girl baby. Emergency LSCS was done at 34 weeks of gestation for foetal distress. Patient required mechanical ventilation for ..."
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for birth asphyxia and congestive cardiac failure. After stabilization, gross total resection of the tumour was done on day 4 of life. Histopathology HPE confirmed classical WT (stage I). Unfortunately, the patient died on the second postoperative day despite all supportive measures.
De novo point mutations in patients diagnosed with ataxic cerebral palsy
"... Cerebral palsy is a sporadic disorder with multiple likely aetiologies, but frequently considered to be caused by birth asphyxia. Genetic investigations are rarely performed in patients with cerebral palsy and there is little proven evidence of genetic causes. As part of a large project investigati ..."
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Cerebral palsy is a sporadic disorder with multiple likely aetiologies, but frequently considered to be caused by birth asphyxia. Genetic investigations are rarely performed in patients with cerebral palsy and there is little proven evidence of genetic causes. As part of a large project
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"... Background: Being the highest contributor to under‑5 mortality, neonatal mortality and morbidity has great impact to the attainment of millennium development goals 4 (MDG 4). In Nigeria and other developing countries, this indicator strongly poses a major challenge in achieving this goal. Objectives ..."
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within (inborn) and outside our hospital facilities (outborn) based on information on place of birth, APGAR scores, age on admission, diagnosis on admission, duration of hospital stay, and outcome of newborns admitted into the sick and SCBU over a 1 year period. Results: A total of 261 neonates were
Low Neonatal Mortality and High Incidence of Infectious Diseases in a Vietnamese Province Hospital
"... Background. Neonatal deaths constitute the majority of child mortality in Vietnam, but studies are scarce and focus on community settings. Methods. During a 12-month period, all sick neonates admitted to a pediatric department in a province hospital were studied. Potential risk factors of death cov ..."
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. Results. The neonatal mortality was 4.6% (50/1094). In a multivariate analysis, four associated risk factors of death were extremely low birth weight (OR = 22.9 (2.3-233.4)), no cry at birth (OR = 3.5 (1.3-9.4)), and cyanosis (OR = 3.3 (1.2-8.7)) and shock (OR = 12.3 (2.5-61.5)) on admission. The major
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