Changes in long-term survival and neurodevelopmental disability in infants born extremely preterm in the post-surfactant era.

Semin Perinatol

Clinical Sciences, Murdoch Children's Research, 50 Flemington Road, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia; Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia; Neonatal Services, Royal Women's Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia.

Published: December 2021

Extremely preterm birth before 28 weeks' gestation accounts for less than 1% of births in high-income countries but is associated with high rates of perinatal and infant mortality, and of neurodevelopmental disability in surviving children. Survival rates have increased over time, both overall, and within each week of gestational age since the introduction of exogenous surfactant into clinical care in the early 1990s. However, rates of major neurodevelopmental disability in survivors, whether they be in early childhood or at school-age, have not clearly improved in parallel with the increases in survival. An important strategy to improve survival free of major neurodevelopmental disability is to birth extremely preterm infants in a tertiary perinatal center, where specialist obstetric care for the mother and ongoing intensive care for the infant can both be provided without the potential morbidities associated with postnatal transfer.

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