[Selected indices in perinatal evaluation of the newborn with respiratory disturbances. II. Prognostic value].

Respiratory disturbances are the most frequent causes of life-threatening situations in the newborn. In this paper evaluation indices of the newborn were compared in 2 groups of patients. The first comprised 36 babies with Hyaline Membrane Disease (HMD) with good or fatal outcome, in the second 44 newborns with Aspiration-Pneumonia (AP) syndromes were included. Prognostic value of following indices was considered: delivery route, gestational age, birth weight, maturity degree, sex and Apgar score. Bad prognostic value of low birth weight was found in the HMD group and low Apgar score and intrauterine dystrophy in the AP group. Mortality was similar in children delivered vaginally and by cesarean section in both groups of patients.