Neonatal intensive care unit admissions and their associations with late preterm birth and maternal risk factors in a population-based study.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

To assess the association of late preterm births (LPB [34(0/7)-36(6/7)]) and maternal risk factors with Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) admissions.

METHODS:

A retrospective cross-sectional analysis was conducted using data of all who delivered between 2000 and 2008. Statistical analysis was done using Chi-square and multivariable logistic regression.

RESULTS:

During the study period, 259,576 babies were delivered, and 11.6% were admitted to the NICU. Using logistic regression (NICU admission vs. no NICU admission), there was a 9-fold increased risk associated with preterm labor including preterm premature rupture membranes (PTL/PPROM) while LPB and essentially all other maternal risk factors were not significant.

CONCLUSIONS:

In our study, NICU admissions are more associated with PTL/PPROM rather than LPB and maternal risk factors.

• Authors: Margaret F Carter, Elly Xenakis, Alan Holden, Donald Dudley
• Journal: The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians (J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med) Vol. 25 Issue 4 Pg. 343-5 (Apr 2012) ISSN: 1476-4954 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 21591974 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Cross-Sectional Studies
• Female
• Gestational Age
• Humans
• Infant, Newborn
• Intensive Care Units, Neonatal (statistics & numerical data)
• Mothers (statistics & numerical data)
• Obstetric Labor Complications (epidemiology, etiology)
• Patient Admission (statistics & numerical data)
• Population
• Pregnancy
• Pregnancy Complications (epidemiology, etiology)
• Pregnancy Trimester, Third (physiology)
• Premature Birth (epidemiology)
• Retrospective Studies
• Risk Factors
• Texas (epidemiology)
• Young Adult