Low umbilical cord pH at birth linked to death and brain damage

Thursday, May 13, 2010 - 19:40 in Health & Medicine

Low umbilical cord blood pH at birth is strongly associated with serious outcomes such as infant death, brain damage and the development of cerebral palsy in childhood, concludes a study published in the British Medical Journal today.

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