| pubmed-article:7378242 | pubmed:abstractText | Diazepam 10 mg i.v. was administered to 23 patients (test group) just before delivery. The umbilical cord blood was analysed for diazepam and the well-being of neonates in the test group and in a suitable control group (n = 32) was compared using analysis of covariance. Diazepam was detected in neonatal blood about 0.5 min following its administration to mothers. No significant differences in neonatal well-being were detected between the two groups. However, a highly significant inverse relationship was found between the rectal temperature of the newborn and the concentration of diazepam in umbilical cord blood. | lld:pubmed |
