Pregnancy and perinatal factors associated with persistently low apgar scores: An analysis of the birth records of infants born in South Australia

1990 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 136-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Jonas ◽  
A. Chan ◽  
T. Macharper ◽  
D. Roder
Keyword(s):  
South Australia ◽  
Perinatal Factors ◽  
Apgar Scores ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Birth Records

National Institutes of Health Report on Causes of Mental Retardation and Cerebral Palsy

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1985 ◽  
Vol 76 (3) ◽  
pp. 457-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Birth Trauma ◽  
Current Data ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Brain Disorders ◽  
Perinatal Factors ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Health Report ◽  
Communicative Disorders

Neurologic and communicative disorders affect 42 million Americans. Mental retardation is present in 780,000 school-age children, cerebral palsy affects 750,000 Americans, and nearly 2 million individuals have epilepsy. Among these 42 million are countless individuals who suffer combinations of these neurologic disabilities. In an effort to define our current state of knowledge about the prenatal and perinatal factors associated with brain disordens, the National Institute of Neurologic and Communicative Disorders and Stroke (NINCDS) and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHHD) appointed a group of experts to survey current data in order to identify pregnancy- and birth-related events that may account for the continued incidence of neurologic handicap among infants and children. Their results were published in a report entitled Prenatal and Perinatal Factors Associated with Brain Disorders. Despite rapid advances in obstetric and neonatal medicine during the past several decades, physicians, patients, and attorneys still believe that the major causes of brain disorders are related to birth trauma and problems of labor. The Committee found that, although it was once simple to say that a specific event such as birth trauma or asphyxia caused brain disorders, it is not usually possible to pinpoint a single cause and its effect. The normal brain's ability to repair or compensate for even major developmental disruptions, combined with the gross and subtle interactions of biologic, social and environmental factors, confounds the task of assigning etiologies to brain disorders. The causes of severe mental retardation are primarily genetic, biochemical, viral, and developmental and not related to birth events.

scholarly journals A retrospective chart review to identify perinatal factors associated with food allergies

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly Dowhower Karpa ◽  
Ian M Paul ◽  
J Alexander Leckie ◽  
Sharon Shung ◽  
Nurgul Carkaci-Salli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chart Review ◽  
Retrospective Chart Review ◽  
Food Allergies ◽  
Perinatal Factors ◽  
Factors Associated

scholarly journals Risk Factors for Cerebral Palsy in Brazilian Children: A Case-Control Study

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcus Valerius da Silva Peixoto ◽  
Andrezza Marques Duque ◽  
Allan Dantas dos Santos ◽  
Shirley Verônica Melo Almeida Lima ◽  
Caíque Jordan Nunes Ribeiro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cerebral Palsy ◽  
Birth Weight ◽  
Preterm Birth ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Perinatal Factors ◽  
Apgar Scores ◽  
Control Study ◽  
Brazilian Children

ABSTRACTBackgroundCerebral palsy is the main cause of physical disability in childhood.ObjectivesThis study analyzed prenatal and perinatal risk factors that contribute to cerebral palsy in Brazilian children.MethodsA case-control study was conducted with 2- to 10-year-old children in the city of Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil. The cases were population-based, selected from the Primary Health Care services. The controls were selected from the database of the Brazilian Live Births Information System. Controls were paired with cases by gender, year, and hospital of birth.ResultsA total of 570 participants (114 cases and 456 controls) were studied. Most of the participants were male, with bilateral spastic cerebral palsy. Among the prenatal factors examined, the presence of congenital anomalies was significantly different between cases and controls (OR = 54.28, [95% CI 12.55, 234.86]). The analysis of perinatal factors revealed significant differences between cases and controls in low birth weight (OR = 3.8, [95% CI 2.34, 6.16]), preterm birth (OR = 2.31, [95% CI 1.41, 3.80]), and low Apgar scores (OR = 14.73, [95% CI 5.27, 41.15]).ConclusionsThe main prenatal and perinatal factors associated with cerebral palsy in our population were congenital anomalies, low Apgar scores, low birth weight, and preterm birth. The perinatal period had more risk factors, demanding a deeper study of their causes and of possible preventive measures.

scholarly journals Perinatal factors associated with initiation of breastfeeding following very preterm birth < 29 weeks

2022 ◽  
Vol 226 (1) ◽  
pp. S455
Author(s):  
Meg Raymond ◽  
Christy Pylypjuk ◽  
Molly Seshia ◽  
Ruben Alvaro ◽  
Michael Helewa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Preterm Birth ◽  
Perinatal Factors ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Very Preterm ◽  
Very Preterm Birth ◽  
Initiation Of Breastfeeding

Prenatal and Perinatal Factors Associated with Breast-Feeding Initiation among Inner-City Puerto Rican Women

1998 ◽  
Vol 98 (6) ◽  
pp. 657-663 ◽  
Author(s):  
RAFAEL PÉREZ-ESCAMILLA ◽  
DAVID HIMMELGREEN ◽  
SOFIA SEGURA-MILLÁN ◽  
ANIR GONZÁLEZ ◽  
ANN M FERRIS ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Inner City ◽  
Puerto Rican ◽  
Breast Feeding ◽  
Perinatal Factors ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Puerto Rican Women

Sociodemographic and perinatal factors associated with vitamin D deficiency in exclusively breastfeeding infants in North Central Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
BankoleP Kuti ◽  
LateefatO Adebiyi ◽  
AdebanjoJ Adegbola ◽  
Chuma Onuchukwu ◽  
OyekuA Oyelami
Keyword(s):  
Vitamin D ◽  
Vitamin D Deficiency ◽  
Perinatal Factors ◽  
North Central ◽  
Factors Associated

Perinatal Factors Associated with the Preterm Thyroid Screening Test

2016 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 45
Author(s):  
Joo Hyung Park ◽  
Chung Joon Moon ◽  
Min Ho Jung ◽  
In Kyung Sung ◽  
So Young Kim
Keyword(s):  
Screening Test ◽  
Perinatal Factors ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Thyroid Screening

scholarly journals Perinatal factors associated with developmental defects of enamel in primary teeth: a case-control study

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 363-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Correa-Faria ◽  
Paulo Antonio Martins-Junior ◽  
Raquel Goncalves Vieira-Andrade ◽  
Leandro Silva Marques ◽  
Maria Leticia Ramos-Jorge
Keyword(s):  
Primary Teeth ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Perinatal Factors ◽  
Developmental Defects ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Developmental Defects Of Enamel ◽  
Control Study

scholarly journals Apgar Scoring System in Brazil's Live Births Records: Differences between Home and Hospital Births

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (02) ◽  
pp. 076-083
Author(s):  
Jordana Bessa ◽  
Naieli Bonatto
Keyword(s):  
Apgar Score ◽  
Hospital Setting ◽  
Home Birth ◽  
Informed Choice ◽  
Singleton Pregnancy ◽  
Apgar Scores ◽  
Unified Health System ◽  
Preliminary Study ◽  
Hospital Births ◽  
Birth Records

Objective To promote informed choice for women and to compare home and hospital births in relation to the Apgar score. Methods Mother's profile and Apgar score of naturally born infants (without forceps assistance) in Brazil between 2011 and 2015, in both settings—hospital or home—were collected from live birth records provided by the Informatics Department of the Unified Health System (DATASUS, in the Portuguese acronym). For the analysis, were included only data from low-risk deliveries, including gestational time between 37 and 41 weeks, singleton pregnancy, at least four visits of prenatal care, infants weighing between 2,500 g, and 4,000 g, mother age between 20-40 years old, and absence of congenital anomalies. Results Home birth infants presented significantly higher risk of 0-5 Apgar scores, both in 1 minute (6.4% versus 3%, odds ratio [OR] = 2.2, confidence interval [CI] IC 2–2.4) and in 5 minutes (4.8% versus 0.4%, OR = 11.5, CI 10.5–12.7). Another finding is related to recovery estimates when from an initially bad 1-minute Apgar (< 6) to a subsequently better 5-minute Apgar (> 6). In this scenario, home infants had poorer recovery, Apgar score was persistently < 6 throughout the fifth minute in most cases (71% versus 10.7%, OR 20.4, CI 17–24.6). Conclusion The results show worse Apgar scores for babies born at home, compared with those born at the hospital setting. This is a pioneer and preliminary study that brings attention concerning differences in Apgar score related to home versus hospital place of birth in Brazil.

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