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UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO 2013
30,000 live births from 2006-2008
Compared courses of babies of 37-38 weeks to those of 39 weeks or longer
SPECIFIC CONSEQUENCES
Hypoglycemia Intravenous fluid requirements Antibiotics NICU admission Respiratory distress
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 2009
NIH Compared outcomes for infants at gestational ages of 37-42+ weeks for infants born in 19 U.S. academic centers from 1999-2002
Any adverse outcome or death Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) Transient tachypnea of the newborn (TTN) NICU admission Neonatal sepsis Treated hypoglycemia CPR and/or assisted ventilation in first 24
hrs Hospitalization for at least 5 days.