How do you treat Birth Asphyxia? - Dr. Piyush Shah of Cloudnine Hospitals | Doctors’ Circle

Описание: Birth asphyxia as we know is caused by deprivation of oxygen to the various parts of the body. Brain is the major organ which is affected with different organs to be affected on different depths. Per se the treatment of birth asphyxia is supportive care. Recently cooling the baby, that is we try to get the temperature of the baby below the normalcy, that is upto 33.5 degree centigrade. That he is ameliorating the damage, it does not reverse the damage which is already caused. So per se there is no treatment, it is only offering ongoing care for hypothermia. So prevention will always be better in case of asphyxia. So we have to see that the deliveries happen in a centre where a trained birth attendant is available with neonatal resuscitation. The obstetric team and the pediatric team should be well informed in case they are expecting a high risk delivery to happen.