A Clinical Statistics of Meconium-Stained Baby

ABSTRACT

Clinical study on meconium-stained babies among 6190 newborn's delivered at EWHA Womans University Hospital in 5-year period from January 1973 to December 1977 was. The results are summarized as follows 1) The incidence of meconium staining was 10.87% in total 6190 newborns. 2) There was a tendency of increasing incidence of meconium staining in babies with higher birth weights and longer gestational periods. 3) The highest rate of meconium staining was in the group of 21~25 year of maternal age and the primipara group. The mortality rate of meconium stained baby was higher in mother's age groups of 35 years and older, and primipara groups. 4) The rate of meconium staining increased if the durations of labor or rupture of membrane was longer than 24 hours. 5) Perinatal mortality rate was higher in groups of meconium stained baby compared to non-stained groups and the incidence of aspiration pneumonia and congenital anomaly was higher in meconium stained baby, also, but that of prematurity and idiopathic respiration distress syndrome was higher in non-stained group. 6) 24.38% of mothers of meconium stained baby was found to have medical problems during the pregnancy e.g. toxemia, diabetes mellitus, syphilis etc.