Cord blood gases, birth asphyxia, and intraventricular haemorrhage.

Antenatal Dexamethasone For Women at Risk af Preterm Birth and Intraventricular Haemorrhage: What is the Truth?

Administration of antenatal corticosteroids to pregnant women with imminent delivery of a newborn at 24 to 34 weeks of gestation represents one of the most important advances in perinatal medicine in the past 25 years1,2. A single course of antenatal steroid has been associated with a decrease in acute neonatal systemic morbidity and mortality after preterm birth reducing the risk of respirator...

Antenatal Dexamethasone For Women at Risk af Preterm Birth and Intraventricular Haemorrhage: What is the Truth?

Administration of antenatal corticosteroids to pregnant women with imminent delivery of a newborn at 24 to 34 weeks of gestation represents one of the most important advances in perinatal medicine in the past 25 years1,2. A single course of antenatal steroid has been associated with a decrease in acute neonatal systemic morbidity and mortality after preterm birth reducing the risk of respirator...

Neonatal Blood Gases and Outcome Following Perinatal Asphyxia

Objective: To determine how well neonatal blood base excess and lactate predict outcome following perinatal asphyxia. Study Design: Over 68 months, with around 9000 deliveries, lactate was measured on all blood gases taken from neonatal admissions, as well as mineral base and organic acid whenever electrolytes were required. Infants were classified according to their outcome more than 10 years ...

Birth asphyxia.

Intraventricular haemorrhage and haemostasis defects.

Twenty five of 106 preterm infants of 34 weeks' gestation or less developed intraventricular haemorrhage within the first 48 hours of life. A comparison of infants with and without intraventricular haemorrhage showed no significant differences in their haemostatic parameters at birth. At age 48 hours the group with intraventricular haemorrhage showed a prolonged activated partial thromboplastin...