Antioxidant Capacity and Oxygen Radical Diseases in the Preterm Newborn
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The antioxidant capacity of fetal blood cannot be used to predict the risk of several fetal diseases, including bronchopulmonary dysplasia, intraventricular hemorrhage, necrotizing enterocolitis, and retinopathy of prematurity. Some doctors believe free radicals may be involved in these diseases, which often occur in premature babies. If so, blood samples would have a decreased ability to neutralize the free radicals. However, in a study of 41 newborn premature babies, the antioxidant capacity of cord blood was not lower in the babies with complications of prematurity.
Publication Name: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1072-4710
Year: 2000
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A quantitative review of mortality and developmental disability in extremely premature newborns
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Extremely immature (EI) infants born at 26 weeks gestation or sooner and extremely small (ES) infants weighing 800 grams or less are having decreasing mortality rates, but increasing disabilities. Using 42 studies to analyze data on 4,116 EI infants and 4,345 ES infants, it was learned that survival averaged 41% survival for EI infants and 30% for ES infants, increasing appreciably with time. However, major disabilities were found in seven of each 100 survivors, such as mental retardation (14% EI and ES), cerebral palsy (12% EI and 8% ES), blindness and deafness.
Publication Name: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1072-4710
Year: 1998
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Antecedents and Neonatal Consequences of Low Apgar Scores in Preterm Newborns
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The Apgar score appears to be valuable in assessing the health of premature newborn babies. This score was developed in 1953 for full-term babies, but many doctors use it for premature babies also. Researchers used the score to assess 852 premature babies. Babies with low Apgar scores had more medical problems and received more medical interventions after birth than babies with high scores. Interventions included CPR, artificial respiration, catheterization, and oxygen therapy.
Publication Name: Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine
Subject: Health
ISSN: 1072-4710
Year: 2000
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