Babies born through meconium stained liquor with 5 min Apgar scores of 9 or 10 had very low risk of respiratory distress.

摘要

Design: Prospective cohort of babies born through meconium stained amniotic fluid (MSAF) between 2003 and 2006. Setting: Two teaching hospitals in The Hague, The Netherlands. Patients: 394 term (>37/40) neonates were born through MSAF. The mean gestational age was 40 weeks, 56% were male, and mean birth weight was 3.5 kg.