Comparative Study Between Serum Level of Total L-carnitine in Neonatal Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) and Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn (TTN)

Background: Neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is one of the most common causes cerebral palsy. Objectives: We aimed to compare serum levels total L-carnitine in newborns with HIE and Transient tachypnea newborn determine correlation between associated demographic data, changes laboratory findings, outcome cases HIE. Methods: This comparative, prospective, observational study was conducted at Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Assiut University Children Hospital. All perinatal asphyxia TTN admitted NICU during 2016 - 2018 were included. Results: It found that level decreased both (I) (II) cases, but difference not significant (5.51 ± 1.30 µmol/L group I vs. 6.22 2.56 µmol/l II). Male factor sodium (132.63 9.30) abnormal creatinine (1.4 [0.7 15.0]) significantly related cases. Conclusions: The declined mortality