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ArticleGeburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde2018

Statement by the OEGGG with Review of the Literature on the Mode of Delivery of Premature Infants at the Limit of Viability.

Thorsten Fischer, Manfred Mörtl, Philipp Reif, Herbert Kiss, Uwe Lang, Austrian Society for Gynaecology and Obstetrics (OEGGG)

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Article in Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Thorsten FischerUniversitätsklinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe der Paracelsus Medizinischen Universität Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
Manfred MörtlFrauenklinik des Klinikums Klagenfurt, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria.
Philipp ReifUniversitätsklinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Medizinische Universität Graz, Graz, Austria.
Herbert KissMedizinische Universität Wien, Universitätsklinik für Frauenheilkunde, Vienna, Austria.
Uwe LangUniversitätsklinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe, Medizinische Universität Graz, Graz, Austria.
Austrian Society for Gynaecology and Obstetrics (OEGGG)
Medical University of Graz · ATKlinikum Klagenfurt · ATMedical University of Vienna · ATUniversitätsklinik für Frauenheilkunde und Geburtshilfe · AT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In 2017, the Austrian Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Medicine (ÖGKJ) published a guideline on the primary care of premature infants at the limit of viability. In this guideline, it is recommended that a Caesarean section be preferred as mode of delivery with regard to an early preterm birth (22 + 0 - 24 + 6 weeks of pregnancy) due to an allegedly lower perinatal risk of cerebral haemorrhage. In contrast to this, the Austrian Society for Gynaecology and Obstetrics (OEGGG) considers there to be no clinical and scientific basis for this recommendation and the mode of delivery in the case of early preterm birth must be adapted to the individual maternal and foetal clinical situation. The international data available from the generally retrospective investigations show heterogeneous results regarding the mode of delivery. The prospective and randomised data in this regard are insufficient. A Cochrane analysis does not show any advantage in favour of a Caesarean delivery. The German-language guidelines (AWMF and Switzerland) make analogous recommendations for adapting the mode of delivery with regard to an early preterm birth individually to the respective clinical situation. In the case of an early preterm birth and a singleton in cephalic presentation, the OEGGG therefore recommends individual management of the delivery which takes the maternal and foetal clinical situation into account and also includes vaginal delivery as a mode of delivery in the clinical decision process.

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early preterm birthmode of deliveryneonatal morbidityperinatal mortalitypregnancy

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PMCPMC6294639
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