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"Perinatal asphyxia complicates 5-10% of births" probably only applies to settings where induction and augmentation with pitocin, vacuum and epidural and general anesthesia for cesarean are used in the majority of births. In my practice of low and medium risk homebirths, none with Apgar under 7 at 5 minutes.
Sample was collected after delivery of the placenta, but it is not mentioned when that was. How was the placenta delivered and how many minutes after delivery of the baby. In my experience, it is more accurate to sample the blood from the cord immediately following birth, BEFORE delivery of the placenta.
The article is complete as stands, but it always interests me to get more details on the 6 ? babies who died in the first week. Illlustration 5 is hard for me to understand the N column. Yes=6, no= 4 and Total= 100?
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- How to cite: Cohain J S.Good preliminary data[Review of the article 'The Correlation Of Clinical Perinatal Asphyxia With Counts Of Nrbc/100 Wbc In Cord Blood ' by Gupta S].WebmedCentral 2011;2(2):WMCRW00466
Responded by Dr. Geetika Tomar on 14 Feb 2011 05:32:42 PM
Inclusion of all the cases irrespective nrbc value would have enabled a better understanding and better interpretation of the results. A larger randomised study would be a more appropriate design of the study
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