ArticleWorld journal of pediatrics : WJP2016
Early term infants are at increased risk of requiring neonatal intensive care.
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- Short-Term Neonatal Outcomes Following Early-Term vs. Full-Term and Late-Preterm Births: Insights from a Retrospective Cohort Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Early-Term Neonates Demonstrate a Higher Likelihood of Requiring Phototherapy Compared to Those Born Full-Term.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Multi-Omic Factors Associated with Frequency of Upper Respiratory Infections in Developing Infants.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Association of Gestational Age at Birth With Subsequent Neurodevelopment in Early Childhood: A National Retrospective Cohort Study in China.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Early-term birth and its association with universal two-child policy: a national cross-sectional study in China.BMJ open · 2021Article
- [Neurobehavioral development of 25 254 children with different gestational ages at birth in three cities of China].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2020Article
- The risk of intrapartum/neonatal mortality and morbidity following birth at 37 weeks of gestation: a nationwide cohort study.BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology · 2019Article
- Differentiating the cognitive development of early-term births in infants and toddlers: a cross-sectional study in China.BMJ open · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundIncreasing evidence is demonstrating that infants born early on during the term period are at increased risk of morbidity compared with infants born closer to a complete 40 week gestational pregnancy. The purpose of this study was to compare early term [gestation age (GA): 37-37 6/7 weeks] neonatal outcomes with those of other full term neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admissions.
methodsRetrospective chart review of all term infants admitted to the NICU at New York University Langone Medical Center over a 17 month period. Subjects were grouped and analyzed according to their GA at birth: 1) early term infants (GA between 37 0/7 to 37 6/7 weeks) and 2) other term infants (38 0/7 weeks and older).
resultsEarly term infants were more likely to require NICU care than other term infants [relative risk: 1.42, 95% confidence interval (CI)=1.07-1.88), P=0.01]. In the NICU, they are more likely to manifest respiratory distress syndrome [odds ratio (OR)=5.7, 95% CI=1.6-19.8, P<0.01] and hypoglycemia (OR=4.6, 95% CI=2.0-10.4, P<0.001). In addition, early term neonates were more likely to be born via elective cesarean section than other term neonates (OR=4.1, 95% CI=2.0-8.5, P<0.001).
conclusionsBeing born at early term is associated with increased risk of respiratory disease and hypoglycemia requiring neonatal intensive care. Further efforts directed at decreasing early term deliveries may be warranted.
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