The initial cord blood gas revealed a pH of 7.22 and a base deficit of −5. The birth weight was 1062 g (11th percentile) and head circumference of 27 cm (31st percentile). The neonatal ...

This is easily understandable given the difficulty to perform clinical investigations in the neonatal period, owing to ethical considerations concerning blood samples and urine collections in the ...

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