TY - JOUR
T1 - Case 2
T2 - A Late Preterm Newborn with Cyanosis
AU - Brecht, Marcus
AU - Goddard, Thomas
AU - Mordaunt, Dylan
AU - Kelly, Andrew
AU - Barnett, Christopher
PY - 2016/3
Y1 - 2016/3
N2 - A male newborn is delivered at 35 -6/7 weeks’ gestational age with a birthweight of 2,700 g (50th percentile) to a gravida 3, para 2, 33-year old mother by elective lower segment cesarean section for prolonged rupture of membranes. Fetal ultrasound is unremarkable; a complete course of antenatal steroids and 2 doses of benzylpenicillin are administered. Apgar scores are 7 and 9 at 1 and 5 minutes, respectively. Maternal history is unremarkable except for a treated urinary tract infection at 33 weeks. Group B streptococcal screening is negative. Umbilical arterial blood gas shows a pH of 7.30; base deficit of 1.5 mmol/L; and lactate of 3.6 mmol/L.
AB - A male newborn is delivered at 35 -6/7 weeks’ gestational age with a birthweight of 2,700 g (50th percentile) to a gravida 3, para 2, 33-year old mother by elective lower segment cesarean section for prolonged rupture of membranes. Fetal ultrasound is unremarkable; a complete course of antenatal steroids and 2 doses of benzylpenicillin are administered. Apgar scores are 7 and 9 at 1 and 5 minutes, respectively. Maternal history is unremarkable except for a treated urinary tract infection at 33 weeks. Group B streptococcal screening is negative. Umbilical arterial blood gas shows a pH of 7.30; base deficit of 1.5 mmol/L; and lactate of 3.6 mmol/L.
KW - Newborn
KW - Cyanosis
KW - tachypnea
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U2 - 10.1542/neo.17-3-e166
DO - 10.1542/neo.17-3-e166
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84930395477
SN - 1526-9906
VL - 17
SP - e166-e169
JO - Neoreviews
JF - Neoreviews
IS - 3
ER -