AI Article Synopsis
- The study investigates how maternal health and complications during pregnancy affect the risk of sudden intrauterine unexplained death (SIUD) in newborns.
- Findings suggest that urinary tract infections may lower the risk of SIUD, while certain conditions like insufficient hemoglobin can increase it.
- Overall, the research indicates that various maternal health indicators have little effect on SIUD risk compared to their more significant impact on explained stillbirths.
Article Abstract
Objective: To study the impact of maternal health and obstetric complications on the risk for sudden intrauterine unexplained death.
Methods: All 76 cases of sudden intrauterine unexplained death and 165 explained stillbirths among singletons in Oslo, Norway (1986-1995) were compared with 582 controls. Information on maternal health was registered from antenatal health cards and the Medical Birth Registry of Norway. The effect of pregnancy duration was studied before logistic regression analysis corrected for pregnancy duration was performed.
Results: Urinary tract colonization or infection in pregnancy was associated with a reduced risk for subsequent sudden intrauterine unexplained death (odds ratio [OR] 0.29 [0.12-0.74]), whereas insufficient physiologic hemodilution during pregnancy (lowest hemoglobin greater than 13 g/mL) increased the risk for sudden intrauterine unexplained death (OR 9.50 [1.30-69.3]). However, the risk for sudden intrauterine unexplained death remained unaffected by the total number of indicators of impaired maternal health during pregnancy, in contrast to significant impact on other stillbirths.
Conclusion: Urinary tract colonization or infection may offer protection against sudden intrauterine unexplained death. We hypothesize that the subsequent maternal immune response offers transplacental protection against lethal fetal infections by common pathogens of urinary tract infections. Other health indicators have little impact on sudden intrauterine unexplained death.
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