Therapeutic Hypothermia in Asphyxiated Neonates: Experience from Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of University Hospital of Marrakech

Table 1

Maternal characteristics.

Maternal characteristics	Protocol group	Control group	value
Maternal age (average)	26,3	27,3	NS
Parity (average)	1,3	2,1	NS
Pregnancy complications, (%)			NS
Gestational diabetes	0	1 (5)
Gestational hypertension	1 (5,2)	0
Delivery complications			NS
Abnormal fetal heart rate	13 (68,4)	11 (57)
Meconium or stained amniotic fluid	9 (47,4)	14 (73)
Peripartum pathologies			NS
Prolapsed cord	2 (10,6)	2 (10,6)
Other cordonal pathologies	0	1 (5)
Retention of the after-coming head	2 (10,6)	0
Shoulder dystocia	1 (5)	1 (5)

NS: not significant.