[The outcome of resuscitated infants. Experience at an African university maternity unit].
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.
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Département de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, F.M.S.S., Libreville, Gabon.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005316:Fetal Distress / Q000628:therapy*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005681:Gabon / Q000453:epidemiology; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies