Re-examining the arterial cord blood gas pH screening criteria in neonatal encephalopathy.

Zachary Andrew VesoulisSteve M LiaoRakesh RaoShamik B TrivediAlison G CahillAmit M Mathur

Published in: Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition (2017)

Universal cord blood gas screening with a pH threshold ≤7.10 and mandatory encephalopathy examination results in greater detection of infants with moderate/severe encephalopathy and timely initiation of therapeutic hypothermia.

Keyphrases

cord blood
early onset
room temperature
cardiac arrest
carbon dioxide
loop mediated isothermal amplification
drug induced
sensitive detection