Crowell DH, Sharma SD, Philip AG, Kapuniai LE, Waxman SH, Hale RW. Effects of induction of labor on the neurophysiologic functioning of newborn infants.
Am J Obstet Gynecol 1980;
136:48-53. [PMID:
7352486 DOI:
10.1016/0002-9378(80)90563-3]
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Abstract
Neurophysiologic responses of newborn infants delivered after normal onset of labor are compared with those of newborn infants whose mothers had labor induced with oxytocin or prostaglandin F2 alpha. No differences in brain activity or heart rate were detected between groups in terms of frequency of response to auditory, visual, tactile, or olfactory stimulation. Significant differences were found for resting brain activity defined in terms of autoregressive spectral estimates or coefficients. The largest differences were between the groups with normal onset of labor and prostaglandin F2 alpha.
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