Is pulmonary prostacyclin associated with less severe respiratory distress in preterm infants?
In preterm infants, higher pulmonary 6-keto-prostaglandinF(1 alpha) was associated with less severe respiratory distress and with maturity, whereas thromboxane B(2) was associated more strongly with maturity than with respiratory distress.
In our department, defining emergency level by "colour code" is associated with a short decision to delivery interval in crash c-sections but also with a trivialization of this high-risk procedure. Indications should be restricted to avoid unjustified maternal and foetal complications.