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Fetal Echocardiography and Pulsed-wave Doppler Ultrasound in a Rabbit Model of Intrauterine Growth Restriction
Published on: June 29, 2013
[Risk factors for extrauterine growth retardation at discharge in premature infants]
Yue-Ju Cai1, Yan-Yan Song, Zhi-Jian Huang
1Department of Neonatology, Guangzhou Women and Children's Medical Center, Guangzhou Medical College, Guangzhou 510623, China. caiyueju0323@163.com.
Objective:
To study the incidence and risk factors for extrauterine growth retardation (EUGR) at discharge in premature infants.
Methods:
A retrospective analysis was performed on 596 premature infants who were admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit between 2006 and 2010. These subjects were classified into EUGR (n=217) and non-EUGR groups (n=379) based on the body weight at discharge. The risk factors for the occurrence of EUGR were studied by multivariate logistic regression analysis.
Results:
Based on the body weight, length, and head circumference, the incidence of EUGR at discharge was 36.4% (217 cases), 42.0% (250 cases), and 22.8% (136 cases), respectively. Low gestational age, low birth weight, intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR), delayed enteral feeding and complications of the respiratory system were identified as risk factors for EUGR (OR=6.508, 14.522, 5.101, 1.366, and 1.501, respectively).
Conclusions:
The incidence of EUGR might be greatly decreased by strengthening the perinatal care, reducing the incidence of premature delivery and IUGR, undertaking early enteral feeding, and actively preventing postnatal complications.
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