Magnesium could enter the body of 4 premature babies who died two years ago in the maternity hospital through the placenta. This was stated by doctors during an online press conference held by the National Chamber of Medicine on Thursday, December 3.
The event was attended by leading experts from different cities of the Russian Federation. According to the president of the Russian Association of Perinatal Medicine Specialists Nikolai Volodin, when considering the case of Belaya and Sushkevich, more attention should be paid to the conclusions contained in the conclusion of Roszdravnadzor in the Kaliningrad region. According to Volodin, after the death of the baby, the department conducted a detailed check of all documents, revealing more than 20 violations during the treatment of Olloberdi Akhmedov.
According to Sergei Stepanenko, chief freelance pediatric anesthesiologist-resuscitator of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, the experts who carried out the examination could not take into account the extremely difficult condition of the child at the time of birth.
There are many paradoxes in the situation we are considering today. The child was born with a bunch of problems and extremely low body weight, starting from the exorbitant values of anemia. From this he could die at any moment, "Stepanenko said.
He was supported by the chief freelance neonatologist of the Central Federal District, Doctor of Medicine, Professor Dmitry Degtyarev.
The child was not just born extremely immature, but from the moment of birth he had anemia, extremely low hemoglobin. Colleagues performed mechanical ventilation, tried to save him. They performed a blood gas analysis. Hemoglobin dropped during this period. This is the equivalent of losing three liters of blood. Is it realistic to survive?.. "- he addressed those present.
Professor of the Department of Pediatric Anesthesiology and Intensive Care of the Medical University. N. I. Pirogova Galina Sukhodolova commented on the data on the magnesium content in the child's organs. Experts found that the largest amount of the substance is contained in the baby's stomach, slightly less in the kidneys, and the lowest concentration in the liver. Sukhodolova believes that this probably suggests that magnesium could have entered the infant's body through the placenta with the mother's blood.
When magnesium is injected intravenously, the concentration of the substance in the blood rises rapidly. Unfortunately, the blood was not examined, as well as the placenta, "said Sukhodolova.
Vladislav Romanenko, professor of the Department of Pediatrics at South Ural State Medical University, points out that at the tenth minute, the severity of the infant's condition was estimated at eight points on the Apgar scale. This is usually how a healthy child is assessed.
But this newborn was on artificial lung ventilation, he had prohibitive anemia, low temperature, "- said the specialist.
He also noted that there are no known morphological signs of poisoning. A similar morphological picture "can be in any situation that leads to death, for example, respiratory failure, shock."
The conference participants added that they wanted to act in the process as independent medical specialists, but they were not allowed.
Doctors Elena Belaya and Elina Sushkevich are accused of killing a premature baby in maternity hospital 4 in November 2018. The criminal investigation ended on November 20. The arguments of the parties will be held in the Kaliningrad Regional Court on December 9, 10 and 11. Read more about the process in the materials of "Klops".