Fantoms

Changing outcomes of infants born at 22 and 23 weeks in Sweden 2004-19 Aijaz Farooqi et al report survival and morbidity outcomes of infants born at 22-23 weeks of gestation in Sweden in three time windows, from 2004 to 2019. They relate these outcomes to the perinatal activity that was provided. A perinatal activity score was based on indicators of obstetric care (delivery at level III/IV hospital, any antenatal steroids, caesarean delivery) and neonatal care (intubation at birth, surfactant administration <2 hours of birth, delivery attended by a neonatologist and admission to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of infants alive at 30 min of life). In the three time windows there were 977 infants (567 live births and 410 stillbirths). Birth rates did not change over time. Measures of perinatal activity increased significantly over time. Stillbirths fell from 65% to 35% at 22 weeks. The percentage of live-born infants...
Source: Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition - Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Tags: Highlights from this issue Source Type: research