Table II.

Short-term hospital outcomes in 89 infants with perinatal acidemia and a neurologic exam that showed no or mild encephalopathy

	Short-term hospital outcomes*
	Normal	Abnormal	P value
No. of infants	76	12	-
Birth weight (g)†	3290 ± 555	3199 ± 659	.60
Gestational age (wk)‡	40 (39-40)	40 (39-40)	.20
Sex male	46 (60%)	7 (54%)	.65
Cesarean delivery	46 (60%)	9 (69%)	.5
Emergency cesarean delivery	21 (28%)	4 (31%)	1.0
Rupture of membranes (h)‡	5.5 (0.8-12)	5.5 (0-10)	.80
Apgar score 1 min‡	3 (2-6)	2 (1-4)	.06
Apgar score 5 min‡	7 (6-9)	6 (4-7)	.02
Intubation in delivery room	20 (26%)	9 (75%)	.002
Blood gas, umbilical cord (n = 86)
pH‡	7.00 (6.95-7.07)	6.98 (6.90-7.10)	.50
Base deficit‡	–17 (–16 → –19)	–21 (–12 → –23)	.18
Blood gas, first postnatal sample§
pH‡	7.27 (7.23-7.34)	7.14 (7.09-7.26)	.01
Base deficit‡	–10 (–6 → –14)	–16 (–12 → –21)	.01
Mild encephalopathy	50 (66%)	11 (92%)	.10
Age at neurologic exam (h)‡	4.1 (3-5)	3.7 (3-5)	.89

^*Death, seizures, abnormal brain MRI, abnormal neurologic exam at discharge, gastrostomy tube feeding, or feeding (nippling) difficulties beyond the first week of age.

^†Mean ± SD.

^‡Median (range).

^§Two newborns had capillary blood gas only.