Correlation of umbilical cord arterial blood pH with meconium stained liquor

Prooxidant-Antioxidant Balance in Umbilical Cord Blood of Infants with Meconium Stained of Amniotic Fluid

Objective. Using a novel assay termed prooxidant-antioxidant balance (PAB) assay to determine prooxidant-antioxidant balance in umbilical cord blood of infants with meconium stained of amniotic fluid (MSAF). Passage of meconium in amniotic fluid is associated with increase of neonatal mortality and morbidity. This complication occurs in about 15% of infants and is more widespread in postterm ne...

When is meconium stained liquor actually bile stained vomit?

Three babies said to have had 'meconium stained liquor' were subsequently found never to have passed meconium. The green discoloured liquor was the result of bilious vomiting in utero secondary to intestinal obstruction.

A further complication of meconium stained liquor in the newborn.

Intrapartum amnioinfusion in meconium-stained liquor: a case-control study.

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate perinatal outcome and the rate of cesarean section (CS) following intrapartum amnioinfusion in women with meconium-stained amniotic fluid (MSAF). METHOD A total of 100 women at term in labor with meconium were randomized to infuse transcervical intrapartum amnioinfusion with saline (50) and routine obstetrical care (50). Perinatal outcome and...

Umbilical Cord Blood pH in Intrapartum Hypoxia.

OBJECTIVE To determine the association of cord arterial blood pH with neonatal outcome in cases of intrapartum fetal hypoxia. STUDY DESIGN Descriptive analytical study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Gynaecology Unit-II, Civil Hospital, Karachi, from September 2011 to November 2012. METHODOLOGY All singleton cephalic fetuses at term gestation were included in the study. Those with any anomal...