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Preterm birth diminishes child's survival, reproductive capacity.(Obstetrics)(research study)
MIAMI BEACH -- Individuals born preterm have diminished short- and long-term survival, as well as diminished reproductive capacity, and women born preterm are at increased risk of giving birth to their own offspring preterm, an analysis of data from a large birth registry suggests.
Data from about 610,000 men and 578,000 women entered into the Medical Birth Registry of Norway between 1967 and 1988 were analyzed and showed an overall rate of preterm birth of 5.7%, with 5.3% among females and 6.2% among males.
Those born preterm, compared with those born between 37 and 42 weeks' gestation, had "considerably higher" perinatal and infant mortality, and the increased mortality risk persisted through adolescence, Dr. Geeta K. Swamy reported at the annual meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine.
The odds ratios for early childhood death in those born extremely preterm (from 22 to 27 weeks' gestation) were 6.1 for males and 8.7 for females, and for those born very preterm (28-32 weeks' gestation), the odds ratios were 2.5 for males and 2.1 for females.
The odds ratio for late childhood death in those born extremely preterm was 6.3 for males (no females died in late childhood in this ...
- The performance of infants born preterm and full-term in the mobile paradigm:...
- Magazine article from: Physical Therapy Heathcock, Jill C. Bhat, Anjana N. Lobo, Michele A. Galloway, James September 1, 2004 700+ words
...learning and memory abilities in infants born preterm, a group at known risk for future impairments...gestational age [GA]) and 10 infants born preterm (<33 weeks GA and <2...Galloway JC. The performance of infants born preterm and full-term in the mobile paradigm...
- Gastrocnemius-soleus muscle tendon unit changes over the first 12 weeks of...
- Magazine article from: Physical Therapy Grant-Beuttler, Marybeth Palisano, Robert J. Miller, Debra P. Wagner, Barbara Reddien Heriza, Carolyn B. Shewokis, Patricia A. February 1, 2009 700+ words
...musculoskeletal system. Posture in infants born preterm, both those at low risk and those at...3 to 4.5 years of age who had been born preterm and defined as either low risk or high...term compared with infants at low risk born preterm at 40 weeks of gestation. Although...
- Likelihood of survival may be improving for extremely preterm infants.
- Newspaper article from: NewsRx Science June 21, 2009 700+ words
Infants born extremely preterm are surviving at a high rate...for improved outcomes among extremely preterm infants, which is important...Sweden; of these, 1,011 were extremely preterm infants (incidence, 3.3...
- Treadmill training for an infant born preterm with a grade III intraventricular...
- Magazine article from: Physical Therapy Bodkin, Amy W Baxter, Ronda S Heriza, Carolyn B December 1, 2003 700+ words
...Davis et al (3) showed that infants born preterm at low risk for neuromotor complications...typically developing infants, infants born preterm at low risk for neuromotor delays...neuromotor delays, such as infants born preterm (<37 weeks of gestation) who...
- 1 Million 'Preemie' Babies Die Each Year: Report; 13 million babies are born...
- News wire article from: Consumer Health News (English) October 4, 2009 700+ words
...percent (four million babies a year) are born preterm. Rates in other regions are: 10...1,014,000 infants each year are born preterm -- 7.5 percent of total births...regions, 7,685,000 infants are born preterm -- 8.8 percent of total births...
- In 2004, one in eight babies in the United States was born preterm, or before...
- Magazine article from: Policy & Practice October 1, 2008 700+ words
...eight babies in the United States was born preterm, or before the 37th week of pregnancy...ever recorded. The share of babies born preterm, also referred to as premature, has...continues with 12.7 percent of babies born preterm in 2005--KIDS COUNT, a project of...
- Half of All Extremely Preterm Infants Are Disabled.
- Magazine article from: OB GYN News DEMOTT, KATHRYN September 15, 2000 700+ words
About half of all extremely preterm infants are measurably disabled by age 30 months, and nearly one in four meet criteria for severe disability, according to the...
- Study examines interventions for extremely preterm infants.
- Newspaper article from: Pediatrics Week October 24, 2009 700+ words
...survive] or whether this goal should even be attempted. Evidence suggests that, despite this clinical and ethical debate, extremely preterm infants are regularly resuscitated," the authors write as background information in the article. "Although recent studies...
