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. 1996 Aug;155(8):665-7.
doi: 10.1007/BF01957149.

Improved outcome for infants at the limits of viability

R W Cooke  1
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Improved outcome for infants at the limits of viability

R W Cooke. Eur J Pediatr. 1996 Aug.

Abstract

Factors associated with survival and freedom from cerebral parenchymal lesions and severe retinopathy were examined in a cohort of 250 extremely preterm infants of less than 26 weeks gestation admitted to a regional neonatal intensive care unit between 1982 and 1993. There were 99 survivors of whom 73 were free of major early morbidity.

Conclusion: Logistic regression showed that both survival and survival free from early morbidity were independently related to gestation, birth weight, birth period and antenatal steroid prophylaxis.

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