Abstract
This study was carried out to evaluate short-term respiratory morbidity in late preterm infants compared with full term LBW (low birth weight) and full term infants at age of 12 month at a single center in Georgia.
Medical records of infants assessed in Child Developmental Center of Iashvili central Hospital, Tbilisi, from 2010 to 2013 were reviewed. The cases were divided into three groups by their gestational age (GA) and birth weight. 438 late preterm births (GA - 34 to 36 weeks), 758 term births (GA, 37to 41weeks) and 355 (LBW, full term). We compared late preterm births and term births considered to perinatal characteristics and respiratory morbidities.
From 438 late preterm births 187 – 42, 7 % had respiratory tract disease. From 758 term births 90 -15 % had respiratory tract disease at the age of 12 month. Compared with term births, late preterms represented significantly more respiratory diseases and conditions such as upper respiratory tract infections(P< 0.01) transient tachypnea of newborn (P<0.05) and pneumonia (P<0.01), wheezing (P<0.001) Full term LBW infants at age of 12 month represented the higher incidence of upper respiratory tract infections then full term infants (P< 0.01) and late preterm infants (P< 0.05). Congenital infection was most significant factor affecting respiratory tract later in infancy in this two groups. Late preterm infants are more likely to develop respiratory system illnesses than term infants. LBW full term infants are more prone to respiratory diseases than peers born with gestational age appropriate weight.LBW and late preterm infant's morbidity with respiratory system diseases was associated with congenital infections.
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