Article
The influence of infant and maternal sickle cell disease on birth outcome and neonatal course.
Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine - 1 Nov 1994
Brown A K, Sleeper L A, Pegelow C H, Miller S T, Gill F M, Waclawiw M A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To compare the influence of maternal hemoglobin phenotype as well as that of the infant on birth outcome and neonatal complications. RESEARCH DESIGN: Prospective, natural history study with retrospective chart review for neonatal complications. SETTING: Nineteen pediatric sickle cell centers across the United States. PATIENTS: Four hundred eighty infants with sickle cell disease (SCD) who were enrolled...
Topics
- Anemia, Sickle Cell
- Apgar Score
- Birth Weight
- Female
- Gestational Age
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Infant, Newborn, Diseases
- Jaundice, Neonatal
- Male
- Mothers
