title: [Risk factors of post-asphyxial multiple organ dysfunction in neonates].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the risk factors related to post-asphyxial multiple organ dysfunction (PA-MOD) in neonates.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 397 neonates with birth asphyxia were enrolled from January 2009 to December 2010.The patients were divided into PA-MOD group (n=179) and non-PA-MOD group (n=218). The risk factors of PA-MOD were retrospectively studied.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that severe asphyxia, fetal distress, abnormal labor, and decreased amniotic fluid were the risk factors for PA-MOD among the neonates. Spearman rank correlation analysis showed that the number of the involved organs increased along with the increase of age at admission (P<0.05) and with the decrease of gestational age and birth weight (P<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The efforts should be made to enhance perinatal care for neonates, especially for preterm infants and low-birh-weight infants, to decrease the incidence of MOD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, West China Second Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China.
authors.forename: Jun-Yan
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Tao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Qu
authors.forename: Qiang-Hua
authors.initials: QH
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: De-Zhi
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Mu
mesh_terms: D001238:Asphyxia Neonatorum / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors