Preterm infants under 27 weeks gestational age: outcomes in a tertiary hospital

Authors

  • Maria Isabel Sá Gynecology and obstetrics Service of Women and Reproductive Medicine Department, Centro Hospitalar do Porto
  • Miguel Fonte Neonatology Service of Child and Adolescence Department, Centro Hospitalar do Porto
  • Cármen Carvalho Neonatology Service of Child and Adolescence Department, Centro Hospitalar do Porto
  • Paula Soares Serviço de Neonatologia, Departamento da Infância e da Adolescência do Centro Hospitalar do Porto
  • Alexandra Almeida Neonatology Service of Child and Adolescence Department, Centro Hospitalar do Porto
  • Ana Januário Mathematics Department of Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto e Gabinete de Estatística, Modelação e Aplicações Computacionais – Centro de Matemática da Universidade do Porto
  • Sónia Gouveia Neonatology Service of Child and Adolescence Department, Centro Hospitalar do Porto; Mathematics Department of Instituto de Engenharia Electrónica e Telemática de Aveiro, Universidade de Aveiro
  • Joaquim Saraiva Gynecology and obstetrics Service of Women and Reproductive Medicine Department, Centro Hospitalar do Porto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25753/BirthGrowthMJ.v24.i1.8572

Keywords:

Extremely preterm, outcomes, models, parental counseling

Abstract

Introduction: Over the last decades, survival of extremely preterm infants improved but there´s still significant morbidity among this group. We pretend to evaluate if specific attitudes/characteristics are associated with higher survival or survival without severe disabilities and elaborate predicting outcome models.

Material and Methods: Observational descriptive study, including the 205 liveborn/stillborn infants -gestational age 22w0d-26w6d- born at an Obstetrics Unit or transferred to a Neonatology Unit of a Level III Hospital, from January-2000 to December-2009. We collected variables related to management in the prenatal/neonatal period, neonate performances and psychomotor development(18-24 months). Significant associations between variables/outcomes were identified by chi-square test or t-test; multivariate logistic regression models were used to describe and predict mortality/morbidity.

Results: Advanced Gestational Age (GA) (p=0.001), antenatal corticotherapy(p=0.001), cesarean section(p=0.001), inborn delivery(p=0.021) and increased weight(p=0.001) were associated with survival. Absence of Intraventricular Hemorrhage (IVH) grade 3-4(p=0.001) and absence of Periventricular Leukomalacia (PVL) (p=0.005) were associated with survival without severe neurossensorial deficit. According to multivariable models, advanced GA (OR=0.353,CI95% 0.208-0.599), increased weight (OR=0.996,CI95% 0.993-0.999) and antenatal corticotherapy (OR=0.150,CI95% 0.044-0.510) were associated with lower mortality risk. Rupture of membranes less than 12 h duration was associated with higher mortality risk (OR=3.88,CI95% 1.406-10.680). IVH grades 3-4 was associated with higher morbidity risk (OR=16.931,CI95% 2.744-104.452). Mortality and severe morbidity models predicted correctly the outcome in 78.1% and 85.7% of the cases, respectively.

Conclusions: Mortality/morbidity models might be valuable tools providing insight in the prediction of the outcome of these neonates and helping parental counseling.

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2016-02-22

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Sá MI, Fonte M, Carvalho C, Soares P, Almeida A, Januário A, Gouveia S, Saraiva J. Preterm infants under 27 weeks gestational age: outcomes in a tertiary hospital. REVNEC [Internet]. 2016Feb.22 [cited 2024May4];24(1):12-7. Available from: https://revistas.rcaap.pt/nascercrescer/article/view/8572

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