title: [Regional cerebral oxygen saturation in neonates with meconium aspiration syndrome].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examined the changes of regional cerebral oxygen saturation (rSO2) by noninvasive near infrared spectrophotometry in neonates with meconium aspiration syndrome (MAS).
  
  
  METHODS
  Seventy-three full neonates with MAS were divided into three groups by respiratory symptoms: asymptomatic group (group 1, n=38), common group (group 2, n=28) and severe group (group 3, n=7). Near infrared spectrophotometry was used to measure the cerebral rSO2 on days 1, 3, 5 and 7 after birth. Thirty healthy full-term newborns served as the Control group.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The cerebral rSO2 of group 1 decreased significantly compared with that of the Control group between days 1 and 3 (P < 0.05). The cerebral rSO2 of group 2 or group 3 was significantly lower than that of group 1 and the Control group on days 1, 3 and 5 (P < 0.05). The MAS patients with mild hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) had significantly higher brain rSO2 levels than those with medium or severe HIE on days 2, 3 and 5 (P < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The cerebral rSO2 decreased in neonates with MAS. The values for rSO2 correlated with the severity of HIE in MAS patients.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neonatology, Second Affiliated Hospital, Jinan University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518020, China. lizg88@163.com
authors.forename: Zhi-Guang
authors.initials: ZG
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Wen-Fang
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Fei-Qiu
authors.initials: FQ
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Hai-Shu
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Ding
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020925:Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008471:Meconium Aspiration Syndrome / Q000378:metabolism*; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D019265:Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen