晚期早产儿脑损伤的常见发病因素

晚期早产儿又称近足月儿.该胎龄的早产儿外表接近成熟,由于器官发育不成熟,比足月儿存在更大发病风险,脑损伤与足月儿相比发病风险明显增加,脑性瘫痪的发病率增加3倍,生长发育/心理发育迟缓也有明显增多,这主要与晚期早产儿脑发育不成熟有关.晚期早产儿其他系统的常见病发生率也比较高,如窒息、低血糖、高胆红素血症、呼吸窘迫综合征、...

Risk factors of brain injury in late preterm infants

Late preterm is labeled near term. As developmental immaturity, there was higher morbidity in late preterm infants compared with term infants. Especially brain injury, a 3-fold increased risk of cerebralpalsy and significantly higher rates of developmental delay and mental retardation for late preterm infants compared with term infants. In addition, a higher rates of neonatal complications had been documented on late preterm infants. These problems included apnea, hypoglycemia, hyperbilirubinemia, respiratory distress syndome, and poor feeding. It was known that long-term impact of these diseases will result in brain injury.