Amniotic Fluid Infections, Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia, and Psychomotor Impairment

1979 ◽  
Vol 34 (6) ◽  
pp. 455
Author(s):  
Richard L. Naeye
Keyword(s):  
Amniotic Fluid ◽  
Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia ◽  
Psychomotor Impairment

Amniotic Fluid Infections, Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia, and Psychomotor Impairment

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1978 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 497-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard L. Naeye
Keyword(s):  
Mental Retardation ◽  
Prospective Study ◽  
Amniotic Fluid ◽  
Hearing Impairment ◽  
Preterm Infants ◽  
Neonatal Hyperbilirubinemia ◽  
Mild Mental Retardation ◽  
Large Prospective Study ◽  
Psychomotor Impairment

A large prospective study found that infants born with evidence of recent amniotic fluid infections subsequently had an increased frequency of mental, motor, visual, and hearing impairment. These infections also potentiated the neurotoxicity of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. This potentiation of bilirubin neurotoxicity increased with the severity of the amniotic fluid infections. With or without such infections, an increased frequency of long-term mild mental retardation started at peak neonatal bilirubin levels of only 7 mg/dl in both term and preterm infants. Significant neurologic abnormalities began at peak bilirubin levels of 12 to 13 mg/dl.

Significance of meconium stained amniotic fluid in the preterm population

1998 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 167A-167A
Author(s):  
H SCOTT ◽  
M WALKER ◽  
L OPPENHEIMER ◽  
A GRUSLINGIROUX
Keyword(s):  
Amniotic Fluid ◽  
Meconium Stained Amniotic Fluid
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