Cord Blood Ischemia Modified Albumin May Predict the Oxidative Stress In Newborns, a Prospective Study in Kolkata
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BackgroundPreeclampsia is an ischemic condition which increases the maternal oxidative stress. Babies may born to the preeclamptic mothers with appropriate birth weight and gestational age. Studies about the oxidative stress in those babies are scrace. Materials and methods45 preeclamptic and 40 normal mothers were selected for the study. Cases and controls were age matched. Ischemia modified albumin (IMA) was estimated in them by albumin cobalt binding assay. Results-Significant increase of IMA was found in cord blood of babies born to preeclamptic mothers (p<0.0001). Conclusion: Babies born to preeclamptic mothers were suffering from oxidative stress. Those babies should be kept under observation and should be supplemented by antioxidants.
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