Obstetrics

Small delay in delivery improves risk of disability for very premature babies

Published in OBGYN and Reproduction Week, August 23rd, 2004

Results of a European study show that delaying delivery of babies who have experienced fetal trauma can reduce their risk of subsequent disability.

Researchers also found that delaying delivery did not change the overall death rate of these very premature babies.

Jim Thornton, of the University of Nottingham, U.K., and colleagues reported their findings in the August 7, 2004, issue of the Lancet.

Babies are usually delivered pre-term if they are failing to thrive in utero; however, no study has assessed the effect of altered delivery time on infant mortality or disability. The researchers compared the effect of delivering...

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Source: OBGYN and Reproduction Week (2004-08-23)

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