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Volume 292:1253-1257 June 12, 1975 Number 24 Next

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Abstract

Records on 16,458 consecutive births were examined to determine associations between the respiratory-distress syndrome of the newborn and cesarean section, maternal diabetes, ante-partum hemorrhage, toxemia of pregnancy, low one-minute Apgar scores and prolonged rupture of fetal membranes. Groups of infants were compared by four-week gestational age blocks. One-minute Apgar scores of less than 5 and of less than 8 were associated with a significant ( less than 0.05) increase in the incidence of respiratory-distress syndrome at gestational ages beyond 30 weeks. Cesarean section was associated with a significant increase after 34 weeks of gestation. There was no association between the syndrome and toxemia of pregnancy, ante-partum hemorrhage or prolonged rupture of fetal membranes. These data do not support the hypothesis that there is a lower incidence of the respiratory-distress syndrome in infants born after prolonged rupture of fetal membranes.

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