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What Does The Brain MRI Indicate?
My baby died as result of asphyxia during delivery.labour started at 09:06 baby delivered at 09:20 due to difficulties to get baby out however the Mri show swollen brain and marked signal abnormality within tatami and basal ganglia as well as the brain stems Acidaiaon the first neonatal blod gas as indicated by a base deficit of some 26 mol/l and a locatate concentration of 15.7 mol/l is 14 minute of distress can cause a severe asphyxia if the baby was delivered 4minutes earlier would make difference
Fri, 8 May 2015
hi so sorry for the agony you faced.Mri of your child denotes some underlying abnormality involving important structures helpful in maintaining vital functions of the body .Acidosis which is severe in a new born indicative of some underlying abnormality like INBORN ERRORS OF METABOLISM which need to be evaluated and usually associated with bad prognosis.Hope this answers your query
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