Method to evaluate the viability of infants with extremely low birth weight

摘要

FIELD: medicine.;SUBSTANCE: method consists in measuring the information values: newborn's birth weight, erythrocyte count, hemoglobin and haptoglobin levels to calculate a diagnostic index by formula: DI=0.004×BW+0.971×Er-0.013×Hem-0.418×Hapt-4.344, wherein BW is newborn's birth weight (gram), Er is the venous blood erythrocyte count (×10⁹/l), Hem is the venous blood hemoglobin level (g/l), Hapt is the umbilical blood serum haptoglobin concentration (mcg/dl). If DI is more than 0, the viability of the newborn with ELBW is considered to be high, while DI less than 0 enables stating the viability of the premature newborn with ELBW to be low.;EFFECT: method enables the objective assessment of the newborn's state, viability potential and the follow-up approach correction.;2 ex