Objective To evaluate the association between umbilical cord pH at birth and long term
outcomes. Design Systematic review and meta-analysis. Data sources Medline (1966 …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence, morbidity, and mortality of an umbilical arterial
pH< 7.0; the incidence of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy; and the proportion of cerebral …

Background The 10-point Apgar score has been used to assess the condition and prognosis
of newborn infants throughout the world for almost 50 years. Some investigators have …

Objectives:(1) To evaluate the frequency and spectrum of severity of multisystem dysfunction
after perinatal asphyxia and (2) to analyze the relationship between the clinical and …

The topics of neonatal encephalopathy and cerebral palsy, as well as hypoxic–ischemic
encephalopathy, are of paramount importance to anyone who ventures to deliver infants …

• In the literature on neonatal encephalopathy, the pervasive assumption is that once infants
with major malformations or infections have been excluded, most of the remaining cases are …

OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to determine the relationship of umbilical acid-base status
and Apgar score to neonatal asphyxial sequelae in infants with severe acidemia (pH\lt 7.00) …

Objectives To address the practical problems of routine umbilical cord blood sampling, to
determine the ranges for pH, pCO2 and base deficit and to examine the relationships of …

Objective To prevent the rapid spread of COVID-19, the Chinese government implemented a
strict lockdown in Wuhan starting on 23 January, 2020, which inevitably led to the changes …

Normal birth is a eustress reaction, a beneficial hedonic stress with extremely high
catecholamines that protects us from intrauterine hypoxia and assists in the rapid shift to …