Clinical study of complications and hospitalization in 389 late preterm infants / 重庆医学

ABSTRACT

Objective To analyze the morbidity,mortality,and hospitalization of complications in late preterm infants.Meth-ods A total of 389 late preterm infants were retrospectively analyzed.The influence of delivery mode on respiratory complications was compared.And the influence of respiratory complications on length of hospital stay,hospital expenses and mortality were ana-lyzed and compared.Results Our data showed that main complications were diagnosed as respiratory complications(23.65%).Oth-er complications were diagnosed as hypoglycemia (20.57%),feeding intolerance (1 7.48%),hyperbilirubinemia (14.91%),and in-tracranial hemorrhage (8.23%).Respiratory morbidity was significantly higher in preterm infants by caesarean section than by va-ginal delivery (32.34% vs .10.39%,P <0.05).The time and cost of hospitalization and the mortality were higher in late preterm infants accompanied by respiratory complications than those in infants without respiratory complications(P <0.05).Conclusion There were very prone to a variety of complications in late preterm infants.In order to reduce the morbidity of respiratory complica-tions in late preterm infant,indications for caesarean section must be strictly mastered.We should pay more attention to respiratory complications,which might be helpful to short the length of hospital stay,save hospitalization expenses and reduce the mortality.