Hemodynamic Trends in Full Term Newborns Versus Late Preterms During Transition

To define hemodynamic changes in the first 15 minutes of life and at one hour after birth in healthy full term and late preterm neonates using electrical cardiometry. This is a prospective observational study using EC in the first 15 minutes of life and one hour after birth. Two hundred newborns were included in the study and divided into two groups. Group A included 100 healthy full term newborns (?37 weeks gestational age), while group B included 100 late preterms (?34 weeks up to 366 weeks gestational age). Each group was further subdivided according to mode of delivery to vaginal delivery group and elective CS group. The study included 200 newborns. Higher values of PEP were observed in full term than preterm neonates. TFC is higher in CS group when compared to VD group. SVV tends to decrease over time. Oxygen saturation increases over time. The present study provides normative values for PEP, TFC, O2 saturation and SVV during the first hour of life using electrical cardiometry