Postasphyxial management of the newborn.
In this article, postasphyxial management of the newborn is reviewed. Emphasis is placed on the multisystem approach to complications that can occur in an infant who has sustained significant hypoxia and ischemia. The frequently involved organs are reviewed individually with respect to specific complications that arise secondarily to the initial injury. Depending on the severity of damage to the organ, therapeutic interventions are frequently required; however, medical management is often limited to supportive measures and serial evaluations.
Piazza
A J
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Department of Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. apiazza@emory.edu
D001238:Asphyxia Neonatorum / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D001775:Blood Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D002493:Central Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006402:Hematologic Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D010102:Oxygen Inhalation Therapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D012151:Resuscitation