TY - JOUR
T1 - A systematic review of severe morbidity in infants born late preterm
AU - Teune, Margreet J.
AU - Bakhuizen, Sabine
AU - Bannerman, Cynthia Gyamfi
AU - Opmeer, Brent C.
AU - Van Kaam, Anton H.
AU - Van Wassenaer, Aleid G.
AU - Morris, Jonathan M.
AU - Mol, Ben Willen J.
PY - 2011/1/1
Y1 - 2011/1/1
N2 - OBJECTIVE: Late-preterm infants (34 weeks 0/7 days-36 weeks 6/7 days' gestation) represent the largest proportion of singleton preterm births. A systematic review was performed to access the short- and/or long-term morbidity of late-preterm infants. STUDY DESIGN: An electronic search was conducted for cohort studies published from January 2000 through July 2010. RESULTS: We identified 22 studies studying 29,375,675 infants. Compared with infants born at term, infants born late preterm were more likely to suffer poorer short-term outcomes such as respiratory distress syndrome (relative risk [RR], 17.3), intraventricular hemorrhage (RR, 4.9), and death <28 days (RR, 5.9). Beyond the neonatal period, latepreterm infants were more likely to die in the first year (RR, 3.7) and to suffer from cerebral palsy (RR, 3.1). CONCLUSION: Although the absolute incidence of neonatal mortality and morbidity in infants born late preterm is low, its incidence is significantly increased as compared with infants born at term.
AB - OBJECTIVE: Late-preterm infants (34 weeks 0/7 days-36 weeks 6/7 days' gestation) represent the largest proportion of singleton preterm births. A systematic review was performed to access the short- and/or long-term morbidity of late-preterm infants. STUDY DESIGN: An electronic search was conducted for cohort studies published from January 2000 through July 2010. RESULTS: We identified 22 studies studying 29,375,675 infants. Compared with infants born at term, infants born late preterm were more likely to suffer poorer short-term outcomes such as respiratory distress syndrome (relative risk [RR], 17.3), intraventricular hemorrhage (RR, 4.9), and death <28 days (RR, 5.9). Beyond the neonatal period, latepreterm infants were more likely to die in the first year (RR, 3.7) and to suffer from cerebral palsy (RR, 3.1). CONCLUSION: Although the absolute incidence of neonatal mortality and morbidity in infants born late preterm is low, its incidence is significantly increased as compared with infants born at term.
KW - Late-preterm infants
KW - Morbidity
KW - Mortality
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.07.015
DO - 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.07.015
M3 - Article
C2 - 21864824
AN - SCOPUS:84855161010
SN - 0002-9378
VL - 205
SP - 374.e1-374.e9
JO - American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
JF - American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
IS - 4
ER -
