Maika Manalastas, Kailey C Shine, Amy Yuan, Bianca A Di Chiaro, Marc G Weiss, Sachin Amin, Pele Dina, Jonathan K Muraskas
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the rise and clearance of newborn creatinine in perinatal asphyxia as an adjunct biomarker to support or refute allegations of acute intrapartum asphyxia. STUDY DESIGN: In this retrospective chart review, newborns > 35 weeks gestational age were evaluated from closed medicolegal cases of confirmed perinatal asphyxia and reviewed for causation. Data collected included newborn demographic data, patterns of hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy, brain magnetic resonance imaging, Apgar scores, cord and initial newborn blood gases, and serial newborn creatinine levels during the first 96 h of life...
June 2023: European journal of obstetrics & gynecology and reproductive biology: X