What is it about?
This review provides an overview of outcomes for extremely preterm infants, with a focus on survival and common morbidities, including neurodevelopmental impairment.
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Why is it important?
Understanding outcomes of extremely preterm infants can help better counsel families regarding antenatal and postnatal care and guide strategies to improve survival without morbidity.
Perspectives
As I researched studies for this review, I found the relatively large variation in survival for extremely preterm infants in recent studies from the US, UK and Sweden to be interestingly juxtaposed with the remarkably similar long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes (albeit with different definitions).
Dr Ravi Mangal Patel
Emory University
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This page is a summary of: Short- and Long-Term Outcomes for Extremely Preterm Infants, American Journal of Perinatology, January 2016, Thieme Publishing Group,
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1571202.
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