Short-term morbidity and types of intrapartum hypoxia in the newborn with metabolic acidaemia: a retrospective cohort study.

Elvira di PasquoArianna CommareBianca MasturzoSonia PaolucciAntonella CromiBenedetta MontersinoChiara M GermanoRossella AttiniSerafina PerroneFrancesco PisaniAndrea Dall'AstaStefania FieniTiziana FruscaTullio Ghi

Published in: BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology (2022)

This study demonstrates that in a large population of neonates with metabolic acidaemia at birth, the overall incidence of short-term adverse outcome is around 15%. Such risk seems closely correlated to the duration and the type of hypoxic injury, being higher in fetuses admitted in labour with antepartum chronic hypoxia than those experiencing intrapartum hypoxia.

Keyphrases

endothelial cells
gestational age
pregnant women
preterm infants
preterm birth
adverse drug
pregnancy outcomes