Cord erythropoietin, blood gases, clinical and ultrasonographic evaluation in high risk pregnancies

To evaluate cord blood erythropoietin as a predictor of peri-natal risk in correlation to other clinical, ultrasonographic and biochemical parameters. Prospective randomized study. Ain Shams maternity Hospital. 120 full term newborns and their mothers curing the period from November 1997 to November 1999. They were grouped: group I [20 cases as control], group II [100 cases as studied group]; IIa [24 pre-eclamptic patients], IIb [21 hypertensive patients], IIc [18 gestational diabetic patients], IId [13 diabetic patients], IIe [9 cases with low CTG