Caesarean section in severe preeclampsia: features of early neonatal adaptation

Abstract

Objective. To study the course of early neonatal adaptation depending on the anesthetic aid in abdominaldelivery of pregnant women with severe preeclampsia. Characteristic o fchildren and research methods. Thea uthorscarried outaprospective cohort study o f342 childrenborn from mothers with severepreeclampsia. The children were grouped according to their gestationalage. The author sanalyzed perinatallosse sand assessed  general condition according to the Apgarscaleat the 1st and 5th minutes of life, aswell as the neurological status of newborns according to the NACS scale at the 15thminute of life and in 2 hours depending on the anesthesia method used during the caesareansection.Results. The authors found that the newborns from mothers with severe preeclampsia, starting from the 34th week of gestation, demonstrated a significantly more pronounced negative effect of total intravenous anesthesia on their somatic (birth in a state of hypoxia) and neurological status as compared with spinalanesthesia (р<0,05). ><0,05).Conclusion. The results are of practical value to neonatologists, as total intravenous anesthesia is expectedto causethe revealed violations of the adaptive ability of newborns and the doctor is able to provide adequate timely assistance to children.