title: IgG, IgM and IgA umbilical blood concentrations in normal singleton vaginal deliveries with stinking amniotic fluid or intrapartal maternal febrility > or = 38 degrees C or duration of delivery > 12 hours.
abstract: Total of 321 preterm/term newborns delivered in normal singleton vaginal deliveries was studied. Babies were divided into two groups. The first one includes 62 newborns with single, isolated clinical sign: stinking amniotic fluid or intrapartal maternal febrility > or = 38 degrees C or duration of delivery > 12 hours. The second one (control group) contained 259 newborns with no such a sign. In both groups the umbilical cord blood IgG, IgM and IgA concentration (g/L) were quantified by a radial immunodiffusion method. The obtained values were classified into the groups according to 500-grams-birth-weight-ranges. The differences of the mean IgG, IgM and IgA concentrations between the each 500-grams-birth-weight-range subgroup separately in both control and experimental group so as between the same subgroup of the control and experimental group were tested by the means of the Student's t-test. Obtained results did not express the significant differences in the mean IgG, IgM and IgA umbilical cord blood concentrations between the experimental and control group of the newborns.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics (Perinatal Unit in Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology), Clinical Hospital Centre University of Rijeka.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mahulja-Stamenković
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Beleznay
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stamenković
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Samardźija
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Makis
mesh_terms: D001724:Birth Weight; D002821:Chorioamnionitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000276:immunology*; D005335:Fever of Unknown Origin / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000032:analysis*; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis*; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology*; D007752:Obstetric Labor, Premature / Q000276:immunology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M