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NEONATAL HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA A New Index of Antepartum‐Intrapartum Fetal Stress?
Author(s) -
ANDERSEN G. E.,
FRIISHANSEN B.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1976.tb04899.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hypertriglyceridemia , meconium , triglyceride , obstetrics , amniotic fluid index , apgar score , cord , fetus , amniotic fluid , pregnancy , surgery , cholesterol , biology , genetics
. The 95th percentile value of cord serum triglyceride concentration in 82 consecutively live born infants was found to be 0.79 mmol/1. This level was arbitrarily used to define neonatal hypertriglyceridemia. A comparison between 78 normotriglyceridemic and 61 hypertriglyceridemic newborn infants showed a significant association between elevated cord serum triglyceride concentration and insufficiency of the placenta, fetal bradycardia, meconium‐stained amniotic fluid and one‐minute Apgar score ≤7. A significantly ( p <0.001) greater number of infants with one or several of these four factors, indicating antepartum and/or intrapartum fetal stress were found to be hypertriglyceridemic at birth. This finding suggests that estimation of cord serum triglyceride which is easy and inexpensive might be of value for a more complete evaluation of the newborn infant, and can serve as a supplement to the Apgar Score system.