Primary prevention of perinatal impairments in the newborn.

The effects of intrauterine hypoxia on the motorial development of forty infants was studied by synthesizing the findings obtained by a team of obstetricians, neonatologists and physiatrists. The pH of the blood of the examinees was measured during delivery to detect hypoxia. Analyses of the results obtained have shown that the degree of deviation from a normal neurophysiological development is directly proportional to the degree of hypoxia. The findings indicate the importance of the early detection of intrauterine hypoxia.