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Published on: December 31, 2015
Maternal chorioamnionitis and neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm and very preterm neonates: A meta-analysis
Dongqiong Xiao1,2, Tingting Zhu1,2, Yi Qu1,2
1Department of Pediatrics, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Context:
No consensus exists regarding the association between maternal chorioamnionitis and neurodevelopmental outcomes in preterm and very preterm neonates.
Objectives:
To investigate whether maternal chorioamnionitis affects neurodevelopmental outcomes and to identify the factors that may explain these effects.
Data Sources:
We used Ovid Medline, EMBASE and Web of Science to conduct a meta-analysis of studies published in English before August 25, 2017, with titles or abstracts that discussed an association between maternal chorioamnionitis and mental/motor development.
Study Selection:
Among the 603 initially identified studies, we selected those that addressed an association between maternal chorioamnionitis and mental/motor development according to our preselected inclusion criteria as follows: (1) the study compared infants with and without exposure to maternal chorioamnionitis and (2) the neurodevelopmental outcome was followed up using the Bayley Scales of Infant Development 2nd edition.
Data Synthesis:
Our meta-analysis included 10 studies. According to a random effect model, infants with maternal chorioamnionitis exposure had poorer mental development (d = -2.25 [95%CI, -4.33, -0.17], p<0.05) than infants without maternal chorioamnionitis, and infants with maternal clinical chorioamnionitis exposure had poorer motor development (d = -2.37 [95%CI, -4.62 to -0.12], p<0.05) than infants without maternal clinical chorioamnionitis exposure. Factors in the meta-analysis that showed differences between the two patient groups included an MDI assessment blinded to medical history, MDI assessment at the correct age, and time of the MDI assessment.
Conclusion:
This study suggests that maternal chorioamnionitis may affect mental development in preterm and very preterm neonates, and that maternal clinical chorioamnionitis may affect motor development in offspring. Further studies are required to confirm these results and to detect the influence of variables across studies.
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