Associations between early term and late/post term infants and development of epilepsy: A cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

While life-long impacts exist for infants born one or two weeks early little evidence exists for those infants born after their due date. However interventions could be used to expedite birth if the risks of continuing the pregnancy are higher than intervening. It is known that the risk of epilepsy in childhood is higher in infants exposed to perinatal compromise and therefore may be useful as a proxy for intrapartum compromise. The aim of this work is to quantify the likelihood of children developing epilepsy based on their gestational age at birth (37-39 weeks or ≥41 weeks).

Methods

The work is based on term infants born in Sweden between 1983 and 1993 (n = 1,030,168), linked to data on disability pension, child mortality and in-patient epilepsy care. The refere

SUBMITTER: Odd D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6312375 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature