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Mortality and morbidity in infants born between 20 and 28 weeks gestation
Author(s) -
WALKER E. M.,
PATEL N. B.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1987.tb03172.x
Subject(s) - gestation , medicine , pediatrics , obstetrics , pregnancy , biology , genetics
Summary Of 149 infants with ultrasound evidence of gestadonal age, born in Ninewells Hospital at between 20 and 28 weeks gestation over a 5‐year period, 50 were alive at birth. Of these infants, 21 died within 1 week, a further three died within 1 month and a further two within 18 months. Of the 24 survivors, 8 (33%) have significant handicap. The obstetric factors leading to delivery and the mode of delivery are discussed.