Items for "cord blood"

The relationship between red blood cell and reticulocyte indices and serum markers of iron status in the cord blood of newborns

Background: The aims of this study were to assess the relationship between red blood cell and reticulocyte indices and biochemical iron status measurements, and to define reference values of these markers in the cord blood of newborns.

Methods: In cord blood samples from 199 full-term newborns, cellular indices were assessed using an ADVIA 120 hematology system and iron status was analyzed by measurement of serum iron, transferrin, transferrin saturation (TfSat), transferrin receptor (TfR) and ferritin.

Results: Cellular hemoglobin in red blood cells or reticulocytes was independent of serum iron markers such as TfSat, TfR and ferritin...

Keywords: cord blood, ferritin, iron status, Newborn, red blood cells, transferrin receptor

Neurokinin B levels in maternal and umbilical cord blood in preeclamptic and normal pregnancies

Neurokinin (NK) B has been recently demonstrated to be secreted by the placenta in preeclampsia suggesting it may modulate pathophysiological events of the disease...

Keywords: Circulating factor, cord blood, maternal serum, neurokinin B, preeclampsia

Early prognostic significance of umbilical cord troponin I in critically ill newborns. Prospective study with a control group

Aim: To determine the value of cord blood cardiac troponin I levels (cTnI) as an early prognostic factor in critically ill newborns, and to compare cord cTnI levels with the prognostic value of the score for neonatal acute physiology (SNAP).

Methods: Cord arterial samples were collected routinely for blood gas analysis, and cord venous samples for cTnI and cardiac-specific creatine kinase assay...

Keywords: Cardiac troponin I, cord blood, critical illness, mortality, Newborn

The combined detection of umbilical cord nucleated red blood cells and lactate: early prediction of neonatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy

Objective: To establish a simple and quick method that could be used to predict the occurrence of hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) as early as possible by investigating the variations of nucleated red blood cells per 100 white blood cell (NRBC/100 WBC) counts and lactate levels in cord blood.

Methods: In 46 cases of acute fetal distress (AFD) and 54 cases of chronic fetal distress (CFD) neonates we measured the percentage (NRBCs/100 WBC) and lactate in the umbilical blood.

Results: Both lactate levels and NRBC/100WBC counts were higher in CFD and AFD groups than in controls (both P<0.01)...

Keywords: cord blood, hypoxic-ischemic-encephalopathy, lactate, nucleated red blood cell, prediction