Proceedings of the VIIth International Congress in Hyperbaric Medicine held in Moscow in 1981.
Herewith a relevant and abridged abstract :-
"HBO in the Treatment of Asphyxia in New-born Infants Delivered by Caesarean Section."
E.A.Lantsev Institute of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Leningrad, USSR.
The effect of HBO was studied on 87 on new-born infants delivered in
asphyxia by caesarean section. HBO was started within 5 minutes of birth.
For the first 15 minutes at a pressure of 3 ata , then at 1.5-1.3 ata for
1.5-2 hours. The long-term results were followed in 33 infants for 3-10
years. In only one child, at the age of 3.5 years, was epilepsy and
deaf-mutism revealed. The remaining children developed normally. The
inclusion of HBO in the resuscitation of infants delivered by caesarean
section with asphyxia greatly reduces the consequences of neonatal asphyxia.
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