Association Between Iatrogenic Delivery for Suspected Fetal Growth Restriction and Childhood School Outcomes.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Timely delivery of infants suspected of having fetal growth restriction (FGR) is a balance between preventing stillbirth and minimizing prematurity, particularly because many infants with suspected FGR have normal growth.

Objective

To explore the association between iatrogenic delivery for suspected FGR and childhood school outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

A retrospective whole-population cohort study linking perinatal data from births 32 weeks' or more gestation between January 1, 2003, to December 31, 2013, to developmental and educational test scores at preparatory school, and at school grades 3, 5, and 7 in Victoria, Australia. Follow-up was concluded in 2019.

Exposures

Suspicion or nonsuspicion of FGR, presence or absence of iatrogeni

SUBMITTER: Selvaratnam RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8278267 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature