Neonatal complications
The neonatal complications were mainly neonatal birth weight, neonatal
intensive care unit (NICU) admission, 1-minute Apgar score ≤7,
newborn respiratory distress,
subgaleal haemorrhage, glycopenia, neonatal jaundice, digestive syndrome
and clavicle fracture. Newborn respiratory distress manifested as
dyspnoea, shallow and rapid breathing, moaning, and low pulse oxygen. We
also diagnosed respiratory distress for umbilical artery pH
<7.2, chest X-ray abnormal and white blood cells
>20*10^9/L18. Hypoglycaemia was
defined as a neonatal blood glucose <2.5
mmol/L19. A paediatric professional doctor diagnosed
neonatal jaundice requiring treatment through clinical examination and
bilirubin levels due to the different peak serum bilirubin levels of
neonates of different races.