Mild Neonatal Acidemia is Associated with Neonatal Morbidity at Term.
2020
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study is to determine the association between mild acidemia (umbilical artery [UA] pH: 7.11-7.19) and neonatal morbidity in neonates at term. STUDY DESIGN: This is a secondary analysis of a prospective cohort of women admitted for labor at >/=37 weeks of gestation within a single institution from 2010 to 2015. Universal umbilical cord blood gas assessment was performed and validated. A composite neonatal morbidity index was created including respiratory distress, mechanical ventilation, meconium aspiration syndrome, suspected or confirmed sepsis, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, need for therapeutic hypothermia, seizures and death. The cohort was stratified by UA pH into normal (>/=7.20), mild acidemia (7.11-7.19), acidemia (7.00-7.10), and severe acidemia ( /=7.20).. . Among neonates with mild acidemia, those with lower UA pH (7.11-7.14) had a greater risk of morbidity compared with those with higher UA pH (7.15-7.19), suggesting a progression of risk of morbidity as UA pH decreases.. . The majority of prior research has focused on severe acidemia (UA pH = 7.00) using outcomes of severe neurologic morbidity and mortality. These data suggest that an increased risk of morbidity exists at higher pH values when more proximal and less severe outcomes are included, such as respiratory distress and neonatal sepsis..
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