Outcomes of Infants Born at 21 Weeks' Gestational Age.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Advances in medical care and clinician experience have lowered the gestational age at which resuscitation is considered for extremely premature infants. Some centers now offer trials of resuscitation at 21 weeks' gestational age. Minimal data are available to guide this practice.

Objective

To describe morbidities and outcomes of resuscitated infants at 21 weeks' gestational age.

Design, setting, and participants

This retrospective case series included all infants born at 21 weeks' gestational age in a single-center level IV academic neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at the University of Iowa from January 1, 2020, through February 28, 2025. Data were analyzed from April 1 to August 15, 2025.

Exposure

Extremely preterm birth at a gestational age of 2

SUBMITTER: Hyland RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12701515 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature