Salivary Lactate Dehydrogenase in Relationship to the Severity of Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy among Newborn Infants

Table 5

LDH levels according to the stages of hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy.

LDH level
Stages of HIE	N	Mean ± SD	value
Stage I: mild	6	1500 ± 70.14	<0.001
Stage II: moderate	7	1680 ± 46.90
Stage III: severe	17	2179.4 ± 333.10

Full significant as _. Stage I: mild (irritable, normal, or hypertonia and poor feeding); stage II: moderate (lethargy, hypotonia, and frequent seizure); stage III: severe (coma, flaccid, absent reflexes, and frequent seizure).