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It has been documented that 10% of total births suffer from some degree of asphyxia. It has also been shown by recording fetal breathing movements that small-forgestational-age (SGA) infants and very-low-birth-weight (VLBW) infants suffer different degrees of asphyxia in utero even 2 to 4 weeks prior to delivery, showing bradypnea, apnea, and a gasping pattern that reflect, respectively, mild to severe asphyxia. This chapter discusses the many factors that affect the mechanism of asphyxial stress in the group of high-risk babies.
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Lacoius-Petruccelli, A. (1987). Asphyxia in the High-Risk Infant. In: Perinatal Asphyxia. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-1807-1_17
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