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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Apgar score"”.
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Competence of midwives regarding prevention of low Apgar score among neonates
… on her own for a normal healthy baby with an Apgar score of 10/10 at one minute after birth. Mismanagement of labour and lack of delivery technique commonly lead to a low Apgar score of 7 or less at 5 minutes. The incidences of high or low statistics of babies born with low Apgar scores depend …
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Neonatal apgar score outcomes in spinal versus general anaesthesia at the university teaching hosipital (UTH) lusaka
… can have effects on neonatal outcome like low Apgar score with most hospitals in developed countries now using more modern inhalational anaesthetic agents with fewer or no cardio-depressant effects e.g. Isoflurane or Sevoflurane. However at UTH, halothane is still being used for maintenance of …
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Neonatal apgar score outcomes in spinal versus general anaesthesia at the university teaching hosipital (UTH) lusaka
… can have effects on neonatal outcome like low Apgar score with most hospitals in developed countries now using more modern inhalational anaesthetic agents with fewer or no cardio-depressant effects e.g. Isoflurane or Sevoflurane. However at UTH, halothane is still being used for maintenance of …
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Maternal diabetes during pregnancy – obstetrical considerations and long term effects
… to DM, investigate the ability of a 5 minute Apgar score as a marker for obstetrical care, investigate the association between mode of delivery in diabetic pregnancies and a low 5 minute Apgar score, and to investigate the association between offspring birth weight and maternal risk of future …
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ΟΙ ΜΙΚΡΟΣΚΟΠΙΚΕΣ ΑΛΛΟΙΩΣΕΙΣ ΤΟΥ ΠΛΑΚΟΥΝΤΑ ΣΤΗΝ ΠΕΡΙΓΕΝΝΗΤΙΚΗ ΑΣΦΥΞΙΑ ΤΩΝ ΝΕΟΓΝΩΝ
… OF BLOOD SAMPLES FROM UMBILICAL CORD AND WITH APGAR SCORE VALUES IN THE FIRST MINUTE OF LIFE. WE STUDIED 58 PLACENTAS TOGETHER WITH ESTIMATIONS OF ACID-BASE STATUS OF BLOOD SAMPLES TAKEN FROM THE UMBILICAL ARTERY AND VEIN OF NEONATES, BORN AT THE MATERNITY UNIT OF ALEXANDROUPOLIS GENERAL …
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Der Einfluss nichtpathologischer Faktoren auf die Latenz der Welle V gemessen mit dem BERAphon® im Rahmen des universellen Hörscreenings bei Neugeborenen
… dem Alter des Kindes, des Apgar-Score, dem Kopfumfang und des Nabelschnur-pH. Ergebnisse: Die Schwangerschaftsdauer und der Kopfumfang korrelierten signifikant mit der Latenzzeit der Welle V. Im Gegensatz zu vorausgegangenen Studien korrelierte auch der Nabelschnur-pH …
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Birth after Caesarean Section
… one prior CS had an almost doubled risk for low Apgar score and perinatal death compared with infants of women with one prior vaginal birth. The risk was lower but still statistically significant after adjustment for possible maternal and fetal/infant confounders. For infants of women with one …
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Prevalence and effects of antidepressants during pregnancy on infant outcomes among women in Iceland
… during pregnancy had significantly lower Apgar score (after one and five minutes) and were born after shorter gestational length compared to infants not exposed to antidepressants. Antidepressant use during pregnancy was not associated with preterm birth, low birth weight, fetal distress …
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An assessment of the role of Doppler ultrasound velocity waveform analysis of the umbilical artery in the diagnosis of fetal distress in labour
… very by analysis of umbilical artery blood. 2) Apgar score was recorded at 1 and 5 minutes. 3) Neonates were carefully examined for clinical signs of perinatal hypoxia. Results: Twenty seven fetuses were followed through labour. No relation was found between umbilical artery Pourcelot ratio …
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A study of low birthweight infants delivered at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka
… were stillborn and a ftirther 8.6%) had a poor Apgar score (between 1-6) at 5 minutes However, 67.8%) had an Apgar score of 9 or 10 at 5 minutes. An infant with low birthweight was slightly more likely to be stillborn compared to other infants - odds ratio 1.22 (95% CI, 1.02<OR<1.45). Preterm …
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Adverse perinatal events observed in obese pregnant women in the Metro West Region
… macrosomia, shoulder dystocia, 5 minute Apgar Score less than 7, congenital abnormalities) observed in obese and morbidly obese compared to normal BMI pregnant women.
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The use of misoprostol in cervical ripening and induction of labour in the term pregnancy
… 1mg prandin gel similarly inserted. A Bishop's score of the cervix was performed prior to drug insertion and repeated by the same clinician 24 hours thereafter if labour or delivery had not ensued. If labour commenced it were managed according to standard labour ward protocols. Three hundred and …
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Clinical Prediction of Perinatal Arterial Ischemic Stroke
… fever, emergency c-section, low 5-minute Apgar score, and male sex – to predict the risk of PAIS in a term neonate with good discrimination between cases and controls (C-statistic 0.73). This work highlights the lifelong effects of perinatal stroke on patients and families, and the …
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Umbilical artery Doppler velocimetry in predicting the perinatal outcomes in small for gestational age infants
… (41.0%, 81.2%, 100%; p<0.001). The rate of Apgar score at 5 min< 7 were 4.5%, 8.3%, 38.8% (p<0.001), and the interval from last Doppler to delivery were 7.1 ± 8.1, 4.8 ± 4.8, 3.8 ± 3.2 days (p=0.002). The incidences of averse neonatal outcome were 5.1%, 13.5%, 61.1% (p<0.001), when the …
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Sucking patterns and breastfeeding behaviour in asphyxiated and matched control neonates : an exploratory study
… as asphyxiated at birth, on the basis of an APGAR score of < 6 at 5 minutes, and a TSR of > 5 minutes, are presented. Various parameters of the sucking pattern are obtained from traces recorded by a suckometer, which simulates the breast-feeding situation as closely as possible. These are …
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REMIFENTANIL PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA USE IN LABORING WOMEN: A FEASIBILITY AND ACCEPTABILITY STUDY
… and (3) RPCA 9 (n=13), were compared on pain scores, side effects, and adverse events. <strong>Results</strong>: Both traditional opioid administration and RPCA showed significant reduction in pain scores when measured against the no opioid group using the Mann-Whitney U (Z = -3.514, p < …
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Adverse obstetric outcomes in adolescent pregnancy in rural Zambia-the case of Kawambwa and Mansa Districts of Luapula Province
… PTD (OR 2.26, 95% CI 0.51-10.14), low Apgar score (OR 1.82, 95% CI 0.87-3.83) and neonatal death (OR 1.83, 95% CI 0.63-5.31); the risk for asphyxia, however, tended to increase with age. The maternal death rate among adolescents was found to be 5 deaths per 1,000 live births, whereas …
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Examination of Birth Outcomes with Mode of Delivery for Breech Presentation
… regression for infant mortality and 5-minute Apgar scores as dependent variables.Results: In Virginia, over the last ten years, the prevalence of vaginal deliveries dropped from 13.1% to 6.6% for full term infants with a breech presentation, a decrease of almost 50%. Black women, younger …
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Influence of a physical exercise program, physical activity, sedentarism, body composition and physical fitness during pregnancy on body composition, physical fitness and neurocognition of the offspring: the gestafitos project
… to analyze the influence of prenatal exercise on Apgar score and childhood health-related physical fitness and to identify possible differences based on maternal age and pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) (study I); (ii) to conduct a post-hoc analysis to examine the effect of a …
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Morbidität und Mortalität sowie Prognose kleiner Frühgeborener < 32 Schwangerschaftswochen 1995 bis 2001
… anderen fetale Outcome-Parameter wie Gewicht, Apgar Score, Nabelarterien-pH-Wert, Base Excess und Intubation. Darüber hinaus wurden für jedes Kind die Morbiditätsdiagnosen und bei gestorbenen Kindern die Todesursachen aufgenommen. In 37 % der Fälle lag der Frühgeburt ein vorzeitiger …
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