Outcome of very severe birth asphyxia.
Open Access
- 1 September 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 51 (9) , 712-716
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.51.9.712
Abstract
The aim of this study was to establish the outcome of very severe birth asphyxia in a group of babies intensively resuscitated at birth. 48 infants, born between 1966 and 1971 inclusive, were selected; 15 were apparently stillborn and 33 had not established spontaneous respirations by 20 minutes after birth. One-half of them died, but 3 to 7 years later three-quarters of the survivors are apparently normal. Later handicap was associated with factors leading to prolonged partial intrapartum asphyxia, while acute periods of more complete asphyxia were not necessarily harmful.Keywords
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