Neonatal mortality risk in relation to gestational age and birthweight. Results of a national survey of preterm and very-low-birthweight infants in the Netherlands

Neonatal mortality risk in relation to gestational age and birthweight. Results of a national survey of preterm and very-low-birthweight infants in the Netherlands

Verloove-Vanhorick, S.P.
Verwey, R.A.
Brand, R.
Gravenhorst, J.B.
Keirse, M.J.
Ruys, J.H.
Nederlands instituut voor praeventieve gezondheidszorg TNO

1986

In a cohort of 1338 very preterm and/or very-low-birthweight infants, representing 94% of all infants born alive after less than 32 weeks' gestation or weighing less than 1500 g in the Netherlands in 1983, the neonatal mortality rate was 233 per 1000. In these infants, the best obstetric estimate of gestational age was a better predictor of neonatal mortality than birthweight. In such pregnancies, careful obstetric assessment of gestational age seems to be a more accurate basis for clinical decisions and management than the expected birthweight.

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https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(86)90713-0

878579

Lancet, 327 (8472), 55-57

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