Concentrations of magnesium and ionized calcium in umbilical cord blood in distressed term newborn infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy |
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| Authors: | P Ilves,M Blennow,E Kü tt,ML Mä gi,G Kudrjavtseva,H Lagercrantz,T Talvik |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of University of Tartu, Estonia;Unit of Neonatology, Maternity Hospital of University of Tartu, Estonia;Department of Pediatrics, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | Magnesium and ionized calcium in mixed umbilical cord blood was assessed colorimetrically in 38 distressed and 21 healthy term newborn infants. Distressed infants with a severe or moderate degree of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) ( n = 8) had significantly lower ( p < 0.001 (concentrations of magnesium (0.52 ± 0.08 mmol/L) compared to the control group (0.69 ± 0.06 mmol/L). No differences in concentrations of ionized calcium between distressed and control infants were detected. |
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| Keywords: | Calcium hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy magnesium newborn infant |
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