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PQCNC: Hugo A. Navarro MD Presentation
PQCNC: Hugo A. Navarro MD Presentation
Medical Director
SCN Alamance Regional Medical Center
Assistant Professor DUMC
Goals
Increase awareness of vulnerability in late preterm and
early term infants
Definition and incidence
Discuss physiologic limitations
Morbidity and Mortality
Questions
Incidence of early term birth
↑long-term complications
Most common problems/treatments in
descending order
Feeding problems
Respiratory distress
Evaluation for sepsis
Intravenous fluids
Jaundice
Hypoglycemia
Temperature instability
Apnea
Mechanical ventilation
POOR FEEDER
Lower the GA worst the feeding skills
Dehydration Hypoglycemia
Hyperthermia Hyperbilirubinemia
IV fluids
Antibiotics
Phototherapy
ADMISSION
Summary
LPT and ET infants are at greater risk than term infants
for acute and long-term complications of premature birth
The rates of LPT and ET births are increasing
Causes for the increase in rates of LPT and ET infants are
unclear
The route and timing of delivery of LPT and ET NB infants
have important implications for short-term and long-term
neonatal outcomes
Summary
The risks and benefits for planned induction of labor, or
elective cesarean section for mother and infant should be
carefully considered by mothers, families, and physicians
when determining the optimal timing and route of
delivery
Our understanding of the maternal, fetal, neonatal, and
long-term outcomes and causes of LPT and ET births is
incomplete
Summary
Research is needed to increase our understanding of
maternal and infant outcomes of infants born at 34 to 38
weeks’ gestation, to determine the efficacy and safety of
strategies to optimize these outcomes, and to develop
interventions that effect physiologic maturation of the
fetus when premature delivery is necessary or elective