Diagnosis of meconium aspiration by spectrophotometric analysis of urine.
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- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 53 (1) , 74-76
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.53.1.74
Abstract
The first urine passed by a newborn infant who has inhaled meconium or meconium-stained amniotic fluid often contains a dark-coloured water-soluble substance, recognisable spectrophotometrically by an absorption band at about 405 nm. Spectrophotometric analysis of the first urine can in this way be used to diagnose preceding meconium aspiration.Keywords
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