Doctors at Kanpur Hospital save preterm baby weighing 1.8 kg born without enough oxygen
Kanpur: A preterm baby born at 34 weeks without enough oxygen and weighing just 1.8 kilograms was saved by doctors at Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
The baby, born last year, to a Kanpur-based couple, had complaints of perinatal asphyxia (didn't cry at birth) and had only 60 percent oxygen levels.
Born via cesarean, the mother had severe obstructed labor pains, also known as labor dystocia when the baby does not exit the pelvis during childbirth due to being physically blocked, despite the uterus contracting normally, which resulted in perinatal asphyxia and continuous seizures in the baby which could not be controlled with many anti-epileptics.
Birth asphyxia happens when a baby's brain and other organs do not get enough oxygen and nutrients before, during or right after birth. This can happen without anyone knowing, said doctors at Cloudnine Hospital, Kanpur who treated the baby.
After being referred to the hospital, the doctors gave the baby ventilator support for four days along with anti-epileptic medication.
Further evaluation confirmed neonatal sepsis and required longer secondary respiratory support. The baby was also diagnosed with kidney injuries.
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