title: [The relationships between the degrees of oxygenation and the serum calcitonin levels in the term newborn].
abstract: The authors have studied the correlations between serum levels of calcitonin and the degree of oxygenation assessed by means of transcutaneous pO2 and pCO2 and capillary pH in 40 term newborns of adequate birth weight. Highly significant correlations (P < 0.001) were found at the 24th hour of life between calcitonin levels and the asphyxia parametres and between the latter measured at the 12th or the 24th hour and calcitonin levels found respectively at the 24th or the 48th hour. Similar correlations were found subdividing the studied newborns with regard to the type of delivery. We conclude that the severity of neonatal asphyxia is indeed the main determining factor of the magnitude of the calcitonin hyperincretion.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Pediatrica IIa, Università di Catania, Italia.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Praticò
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Caltabiano
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: D'Agata
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fichera
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Raspanti
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Palano
mesh_terms: D001238:Asphyxia Neonatorum / Q000097:blood; D001724:Birth Weight; D001785:Blood Gas Monitoring, Transcutaneous; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000097:blood*; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn / Q000097:blood*; D008297:Male; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood*; D010313:Partial Pressure; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D002116:Calcitonin; D010100:Oxygen
vernacular_title: Relazioni tra gradi di ossigenazione e livelli di calcitonina sierica nel neonato a termine.