A high rate of morbidity and mortality is present among newborns that maintain a cardiorespiratory depression at five minutes of life in spite of resuscitation maneuvers. Therefore, it is important to know which risk factors are associated with this condition. In the time period between January 1, 2003 and May 1, 2004 there was a total of 1,705 alive newborns. Of these 64 (3,75%) had an Apgar score of three or less at a minute of life. Among these there were 22 newborns (34,4%) that did not improve with resuscitation maneuvers at 5 minutes of life. Amongst the studied factors stand out that newborns that presented prolonged depression had birth weight and gestational age significantly lower than those who recover with resuscitation maneuvers. The newborns with cardiorespiratory depression at 5 minutes of life have almost twice the mortality rate of those born depressed but that improve before 5 minutes of life.
Keywords:
Insuficiencia Respiratoria, Neonatología, Mortalidad, Factores de Riesgo
Juárez H., M. E. ., Hübner G., M. E. ., Cifuentes O., L. ., Martorell G, B., Navarrete M., G. ., & Miranda O., F. (2005). Mortalidad y facfores de riesgo asociados a depresión cardio- respiratoria prolongada al nacer. Revista Hospital Clínico Universidad De Chile, 16(3), pp. 204–10. https://doi.org/10.5354/2735-7996.2005.78670
