The Association between Delivery of Small-for-Gestational-Age Neonate and Their Risk for Long-Term Neurological Morbidity.

ABSTRACT: Small-for-gestational-age (SGA) is defined as a birth weight below the 10th or below the 5th percentile for a specific gestational age and sex. Previous studies have demonstrated an association between SGA neonates and long-term pediatric morbidity. In this research, we aim to evaluate the possible association between small-for-gestational-age (SGA) and long-term pediatric neurological morbidity. A population-based retrospective cohort analysis was performed, comparing the risk of long-term neurological morbidities in SGA and non-SGA newborns delivered between the years 1991 to 2014 at a single regional medical center. The neurological morbidities included hospitalizations as recorded in hospital records. Neurological hospitalization rate was significantly higher in the SGA group (3.7% vs.

SUBMITTER: Hadar O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7599795 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature