Standard 12 Lead and 24 hour holter electrocardiographic observation in a biracial group of perinatally asphyxiated newborns
SI Omokhodion, F Jaiyesimi, TG Losekoot
Abstract
Aim: To compare the cardiovascular responses to perinatal stress between two ethnic groups of newborns.
Study population: 23 Nigerians and 14 Dutch perinally asphyxiated newborns together with their respective control of 12 healthy Nigerian and 16 Dutch newborns.
Method: The study subjects and their controls were evaluated with standard 12-lead and 24-hour Holter electrocardiographic recordings within 36 hours of postnatal life.
Results: Rhythm, rate, P-wave, P-R interval and QRS duration were normal in study subjects and their respective controls on standard ECG. The prevalence of ST-segment depression in the mid-precordial lead V4 was significantly higher in the asphyxiated Nigerian infants (78%) than in the controls (42%); p < 0.05. Similarly, its prevalence in the Dutch infants (50%) was significanly different from the zero prevalence in the Dutch controls; p
Study population: 23 Nigerians and 14 Dutch perinally asphyxiated newborns together with their respective control of 12 healthy Nigerian and 16 Dutch newborns.
Method: The study subjects and their controls were evaluated with standard 12-lead and 24-hour Holter electrocardiographic recordings within 36 hours of postnatal life.
Results: Rhythm, rate, P-wave, P-R interval and QRS duration were normal in study subjects and their respective controls on standard ECG. The prevalence of ST-segment depression in the mid-precordial lead V4 was significantly higher in the asphyxiated Nigerian infants (78%) than in the controls (42%); p < 0.05. Similarly, its prevalence in the Dutch infants (50%) was significanly different from the zero prevalence in the Dutch controls; p
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West African Journal of Medicine. ISSN: 0189-160X