Original Research
2017 March
Volume : 5 Issue : 1


Co-relation of maternal risk factors and perinatal events with immediate neonatal outcome in late preterm compared to term small for gestational age babies

Charu A. Mullick, Neha Sharma, Pralhad Pote

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 Charu A. Mullick1,*, Neha Sharma2 and Pralhad Pote1

1Department of Paediatrics, Noble Hospital, Hadapsar, Pune, Maharashtra-411013, India

2Women and Newborn Care Centre, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, Burnley, UK

 

*Corresponding author: Dr. Charu A. Mullick, MD., Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Noble Hospital, Hadapsar, Pune, Maharashtra 411013, India. Email: charuamullick@gmail.com

 

Received 23 September 2016; Revised 22 November 2016; Accepted 05 December 2016; Published 15 December 2016

 

Citation: Mullick CA, Sharma N, Pote P. Co-relation of maternal risk factors and perinatal events with immediate neonatal outcome in late preterm compared to term small for gestational age babies. J Med Sci Res. 2017; 5(1):13-16. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17727/JMSR.2017/5-3

 

Copyright: © 2017 Mullick CA, et al. Published by KIMS Foundation and Research Center. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

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Abstract

Objective: To establish co-relation of maternal risk factors and perinatal events with the immediate neonatal outcome in late preterm compared to term small for gestational age (SGA) babies.

Method: This observational study was conducted in the postnatal  ward and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of an urban tertiary care unit. The out born babies are excluded.

Results: The percentage of jaundice was higher in late preterm (PT) babies (54.8%) compared to  term SFD babies (45.16%). Jaundice was the most common cause for referral to the NICU in both the groups [54.84% in late pre-terms and 45.16% in term SGAs], but other indications seen in the late pre-terms included sepsis, feeding dificulty  and hypoglycemia.

Conclusion: There was significantly increased risk of perinatal asphyxia, feeding dificulty, sepsis and hypoglycaemia in the late preterm infants as compared to the term SGA infants.

 

Keywords: Late preterm; SGA babies; immediate neonatal outcome

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