| The relationship between the time from arrival at a hospital to delivery and the occurrence
of cerebral palsy in premature infants of less than 34 weeks of gestational age |
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Jae Woong Whang, A Lum Heo, Soo Hyun Koo, Hae Jung Lee, Jun Wha Lee, Joo Seok Lee, Kyung Lae Cho |
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Department of Pediatrics, Masan Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea |
| 재태주령 34주 이전에 출생한 미숙아에서 병원도착시점에서 분만까지 소요된 시간과 뇌성마비 발생과의 관련성 |
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황재웅, 허아름, 구수현, 이해정, 이준화, 이주석, 조경래 |
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성균관대학교 의과대학 마산삼성병원 소아과학교실 |
Correspondence:
Kyung Lae Cho, Email: pedikyung@yahoo.co.kr
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| Abstract |
Purpose
: This study aimed to evaluate whether a shorter time from the arrival at a hospital to delivery is related to the occurrence of cerebral palsy in premature infants of less than 34 weeks of gestational age.
Methods
: We studied 142 newborns of less than 34 weeks of gestational age. The time from the arrival at the hospital to delivery was measured. The correlation between the time required for delivery and the occurrence of cerebral palsy was elucidated by diagnosing cerebral palsy in neonates using the Korean Infant Development Screening Test and neurological examination.
Results
: Preliminary result suggested that a shorter time from hospital arrival to delivery was related to a lower development score for gross motor activity and to a higher frequency of cerebral palsy occurrence. Moreover, it was responsible for a tendency of obtaining lower Apgar scores at 1 and 5 minutes. The shorter delivery time was associated with a higher probability of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) occurrence when the length of delivery time was less than 6 hours and there was a higher probability of a shorter gestation period. However, the multifactor analysis revealed that there was little impact of delivery time on the occurrence of cerebral palsy.
Conclusion
: The length of hospital arrival time to delivery did not significantly influence the occurrence of cerebral palsy in premature infants of less than 34 weeks of gestational age. |
| Key Words:
Delivery, Cerebral palsy, Prematurity |
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