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Risk factors for and timing of death of extremely preterm infants
Author(s) -
ELDER Dawn E.,
WONG Annie,
ZUCCOLLO Jane M.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.2009.01033.x
Subject(s) - gestation , medicine , pediatrics , intrauterine death , risk factor , cause of death , intrauterine growth restriction , obstetrics , pregnancy , disease , biology , genetics
This study examined risk factors for timing and cause of death for extremely preterm infants ≥ 23 weeks and < 28 weeks. There were 479 liveborn infants and 98 deaths reviewed over a ten‐year period. Thirty‐two deaths (33%) occurred on the first day of life and 72 (75%) in the first month of life. Lower gestation and intrauterine growth restriction were significant risk factors for death. Most deaths occurred in the first month of life and at the lowest gestation in the first week.