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Neonatal morbidity and outcome of live born premature babies after attempted illegal abortion with misoprostol.
| dc.contributor.author | Escumalha, M | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cunha, M | |
| dc.contributor.author | Machado, MC | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gouveia, C | |
| dc.contributor.author | Vale, F | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2012-08-10T13:23:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2012-08-10T13:23:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Misoprostol is a synthetic prostaglandin currently employed to induce labor. Association with illegal abortion has been reported; however, neonatal outcome and morbidity after a failed attempt of abortion has not been described. OBJECTIVES: To report the association between misoprostol self-medication and preterm labor and to assess perinatal risk factors, morbidity and early outcomes. METHODS: We conducted a prospective study of all very low birth weight (VLBW) infants delivered in Hospital Fernando Fonseca, during a 5-year period. VLBW infants were assigned to misoprostol group (MG) when preterm delivery was attributed to misoprostol and matched with newborns with similar gestational age, birth- weight, and gender. RESULTS: During the study period 311 VLBW infants were born. Nineteen belonged to misoprostol group (MG) and 58 were selected for controls. Mothers from MG were significantly younger (21.5 vs 27.5, p = 0.001) and from African origin (74 vs 31%, p = 0.006), had significantly less prenatal care (21 vs 67%, p = 0.000), less antenatal steroids (5 vs 50%, p = 0.001), and were delivered less often by C-section (11 vs 60%, p = 0.000). MG infants had significantly higher rates of patent ductus arteriosus (58 vs 29%, p = 0.031) and chronic lung disease (47 vs 14%, p = 0.026). Mortality rate at 3 months was similar in both groups, but the incidence of abnormal neurodevelopment at 1 year of age was significantly higher in the MG (50 vs 16%, p= 0.02). | por |
| dc.identifier.citation | Pediatr Nurs. 2005 May-Jun; 31(3):228-31 | por |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0097-9805 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.10/648 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | por |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | por |
| dc.publisher | Jannetti and Associates | por |
| dc.subject | Aborto induzido | por |
| dc.subject | Perturbações do desenvolvimento | por |
| dc.subject | Prematuro | por |
| dc.subject | Morbilidade | por |
| dc.subject | Illegal abortion | por |
| dc.subject | Morbidity | por |
| dc.subject | Premature infant | por |
| dc.subject | Portugal | por |
| dc.title | Neonatal morbidity and outcome of live born premature babies after attempted illegal abortion with misoprostol. | por |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.conferencePlace | Pitman, NJ | por |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 231 | por |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 228 | por |
| oaire.citation.title | Pediatric Nursing | por |
| oaire.citation.volume | 31 | por |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | por |
| rcaap.type | article | por |