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ReviewFrontiers in pediatrics2025

Long-term health outcomes of preterm birth: a narrative review.

Faith Gette, Sumera Aziz Ali, Matthew S P Ho, Lindsay L Richter, Edmond S Chan, Connie L Yang, Emily Kieran, Cherry Mammen, Ashley Roberts, Kristopher T Kang and 9 more

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Review in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors.

Faith Gette *Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Sumera Aziz Ali *Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Matthew S P HoDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Lindsay L RichterDepartment of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Edmond S ChanDepartment of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Connie L YangDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Emily KieranDepartment of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Cherry MammenDepartment of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Ashley RobertsDepartment of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Kristopher T KangDepartment of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Jonathan WongDepartment of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Shahrad R RassekhDepartment of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Michael CastaldoDepartment of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Kevin C HarrisDepartment of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
James LeeDepartment of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Carol K L LamDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Natalie H ChanDepartment of Pediatrics, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States.
Sarka LisonkovaDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Joseph Y TingDepartment of Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite a significant reduction in neonatal mortality due to advances in neonatal care, preterm birth (PTB) continues to pose a challenge due to the escalating incidence of long-term complications, which refer to health issues that persist or emerge beyond the immediate neonatal period. The impact of PTB, particularly in extremely preterm infants born before 28 weeks of gestational age, is not confined to the early years but extends across the lifespan, influencing physical, cognitive, and social development, as well as long-term health outcomes. These complications, which often persist from childhood into adulthood, span multiple systems and create a broad spectrum of health concerns. This comprehensive narrative review of literature delves into the breadth of well-characterized long-term complications associated with PTB, including neurodevelopmental, respiratory, cardiovascular, renal, gastrointestinal, and endocrine system disorders. By providing health care providers with a holistic understanding of the potential complications following PTB, this review aims to summarize the current literature and underscore the value of long-term monitoring strategies and proactive evaluations of this population. Our objective is to foster a clinical approach that anticipates these complications, enabling early interventions and better management of these at-risk infants.

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health outcomesnarrative reviewneonateperinatal epidemiologypreterm birth

Identifiers

PMID40336800
PMCPMC12055779

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