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Modeling Encephalopathy of Prematurity Using Prenatal Hypoxia-ischemia with Intra-amniotic Lipopolysaccharide in Rats
Published on: November 20, 2015
[Can we talk about "trauma" in the context of moderate prematurity?]
Marielle Yehouetome1, Bérengère Beauquier-Maccotta2
1Centre de protection maternelle et infantile (PMI), institut Paris Brune, 26 boulevard Brune, 75014 Paris, France; Centre NBO Paris Copes, 26 boulevard Brune, 75014 Paris, France; Université Paris Cité, laboratoire de psychologie clinique, psychopathologie, psychanalyse (PCPP), 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
Abstract:
The parental experience of birth is a key determinant of traumatic deliveries. In cases of moderate-to-late prematurity (from 32 to 36 weeks of amenorrhea), it can reveal parental distress, or even traumatic symptoms that sometimes go unnoticed. Recent literature and parental accounts shed light on the clinical and institutional issues surrounding these births and encourage consideration of appropriate preventive and therapeutic interventions before, during, and after hospitalization.
