Perinatal Outcome in Small for Gestational Age Versus Appropriate for Gestational Age in Preterm Infants.
- Author:
Eun Jung DOE
1
;
Eun Sil LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Collage of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea. les205@med.yu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Perinatal outcome;
SGA;
AGA;
Preterm infants
- MeSH:
Gestational Age*;
Humans;
Infant;
Infant, Newborn;
Infant, Premature*;
Intensive Care, Neonatal;
Mortality;
Retrospective Studies
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Neonatology
2003;10(1):14-20
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To examine whether preterm small for gestational age (SGA) infants have a different perinatal outcome than preterm appropriate for gestational age (AGA) infants. METHODS: A retrospective chart review was done for 203 (50 SGA and 153 AGA) singleton nondiabetic preterm infants with gestational age between 27-35 weeks who were admitted to Yeungnam University hospital neonatal intensive care unit between January 1999 and February 2002. A comparative analysis of various parameters, including maternal and neonatal variables, was done in SGA and AGA groups. RESULTS: There were no significant differences in perinatal morbidity even mortality for the SGA group compared with AGA group. CONCLUSION: Our results may be helpful to predict the perinatal complications and to manage the preterm infants. For the confirmation of perinatal outcome in SGA versus AGA in preterm infants, a larger number of infants will be needed.
