For determining the clinical usefulness of cord blood pH and Apgar scoring to estimate the neonatal health, specimens of umbilical cord blood were obtained from 121 deliveries in one year. A nimber of babies who were born in vigorous state were in fac...
For determining the clinical usefulness of cord blood pH and Apgar scoring to estimate the neonatal health, specimens of umbilical cord blood were obtained from 121 deliveries in one year. A nimber of babies who were born in vigorous state were in fact acidotic(umbilical artery pH>1SD below mean). Eighty percent of acidotic babies showed Apgar score?7 at 1 minute, and all acidotic babies showed Apgar score>7 at 5 minute. A X2 analysis of arterial pH and Apgar score at 1 and 5 minutes indicated that a larger number of sick babies had Apgar score