Journal of Neonatal Biology

Werther B. De Carvalho

Publications

• Research Article
  Prognostic Markers of Neonatal Outcomes in Full Term Neonates Suffering from Perinatal Asphyxia
  Author(s): Nadia S. O. Vargas, Maria Esther J. Ceccon, Mario CiceroFalcao and Werther B. De CarvalhoNadia S. O. Vargas, Maria Esther J. Ceccon, Mario CiceroFalcao and Werther B. De Carvalho
  
  Abstract Objective The aim of this study were, using only the score clinic of Sarnat and Sarnat, the blood markers of asphyxia that are routinely used in all hospitals of our country (Brazil) and the ultrasonography imaging method performed with 24 and 72 hours and 28 days of life, verify if these are sufficient to detect the neurological evolution of the patient. Methods The study was conducted with a prospective cohort of term newborns that suffering perinatal asphyxia by Buonocore criteria (2002). These criteria identify the level of the pH in cord blood that was collected of all newborns and also the blood markers: glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase, glutamic pyruvate transaminase, lactate dehydrogenase and creatine kinase (CKMB).These testes were collected at birth, with 24, 48 and 72 hours of life. The score clinical of Sarnat and Sarnat was performed with 24.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-0897.1000193

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