[The outcome of resuscitated infants. Experience at an African university maternity unit].

Abstract

The authors report a study involving 90 infants born at term or close to term and who required resuscitation at birth for per-natal fetal distress. These were 16.6 per cent early deaths (between 0 and 7 days), 11.1 per cent of infants lost to follow-up, 11.1 per cent of infants dying from various causes unrelated to their history of neonatal resuscitation and 16.6 per cent of cases considered unevaluable because of incomplete records. In a second section, they compare 40 resuscitated children (44.4 per cent of the initial sample) with 40 controls of the same age from a clinical, psychomotor and scholastic standpoint. They noted no significant difference regarding clinical and psychomotor status. Results concerning scholastic achievement, with the notable role played by socio-economic circumstances, must be interpreted with caution. At any event, results here are identical in general to those reported in other publications devoted to the same subject.

• Authors: M Mounanga, M Mboussou, M L Essemi, R D Zinsou
• Journal: Revue francaise de gynecologie et d'obstetrique (Rev Fr Gynecol Obstet) Vol. 87 Issue 1 Pg. 30-4 (Jan 1992) ISSN: 0035-290X [Print] France
• Vernacular Title: Devenir des enfants réanimés. Expérience d'une maternité universitaire africaine.
• PMID: 1373516 (Publication Type: English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (adverse effects, standards, statistics & numerical data)
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Developmental Disabilities (diagnosis, epidemiology, etiology)
• Female
• Fetal Distress (therapy)
• Follow-Up Studies
• Gabon (epidemiology)
• Hospitals, University
• Humans
• Incidence
• Infant, Newborn
• Male
• Retrospective Studies