Cardiorespirographic parameters in the first 12 hours of life. Influence of the administration of thiopental and diazepam plus thiopental on labor
Samalea Pérez, F.; Moreno Corral, L.J.; Argemí Renom, J.; Fernández Gómez, E.; Lechuga Campoy, J.L.; Pavón Lebrero, R.; Cañizares Molle, J.C.
Anales Espanoles de Pediatria 28(2): 123-126
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0302-4342 PMID: 3355030 Document Number: 323270
Cardiorespirographic parameters undergo a series of evolutionary modifications during first hours of life, becoming stable between the sixth and twelfth. The authors analyse how these parameters are influenced by the administration to the mother of thiopental and diazepam plus thiopental during birth. They observed a significant reduction, during the first hour after birth, in the range and frequency of accelerations in the newborn babies whose mothers had been administered one of the drugs. Also, they observed a greater number of cases of decelerations in the newborns who were given drugs. No significant differences were observed in other parameters, and after the twelfth hour no differences were observed at all.