We expected that the findings of our study
could help in better management of asphyxiated neonates.
We have not found any literature or standard text book
citing hyponatremia as the cause of perinatal asphyxia
Rather few literatures have demonstrated clearly in separate
studies that hyponatremia and hypocalcemia are the con-
sequences of perinatal asphyxia [1, 2]. In our study we
demonstrated that the hyponatremia and hypocalcemia
occur simultaneously in such neonates and they also have
significant correlation with their severity of asphyxia,
irrespective of their intra or post partum origin
Oxytocin
was administered to mothers of 6% of total number of cases
in scheduled therapeutic doses as per protocol available
with the labour room.