Outcomes and resource usage of infants born at ≤ 25 weeks gestation in Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the outcomes and resource usage of infants born at ≤ 25 weeks gestational age (GA).

Methods

Retrospective study of infants born between April 2009 and September 2011 at ≤ 25 weeks' GA in all neonatal intensive care units in Canada with follow-up in the neonatal follow-up clinics. Short-term morbidities, neurodevelopmental impairment, significant neurodevelopmental impairment, and resource utilization of infants born at ≤ 24 weeks were compared with neonates born at 25 weeks.

Results

Of 803 neonates discharged alive, 636 (80.4%) infants born at ≤ 25 weeks' GA were assessed at 18 to 24 months. Caesarean delivery, lower birth weight, and less antenatal steroid exposure were more common in infants born ≤ 24 weeks as compared with 25 weeks. They had

SUBMITTER: Shafey A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7286737 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature