Prolongation of pregnancy with complications at
U Winckel, O Genzel-Boroviczény, F Kainer, D Bartels · Zeitschrift für Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie · 2009 · Heft 04
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Objective: To evaluate the benefit (increasing fetal maturity) and risks (risk of neonatal infection and complications) of prolonging pregnancy before 32+0 weeks of gestation. Methods: Following data of all women hospitalized at gestational age 1 week with PPROM was associated with increased risk of neonatal infection. The risk of chorioamnionitis (CA) increased with an increasing duration of time between rupture of membranes and delivery and with it the risk of neonatal infection (CA 34% vs. no CA 9%; p=0,001). In infants with neonatal infection the rate of IVH was sig. higher (28 vs. 8%; p