THE PROGNOSIS OF BREECH DELIVERED SINGLETON LOW BIRTH WEIGHT INFANTS
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Vol. 88 (1), 33-35
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.1981.tb00933.x
Abstract
An estimate of the probability of long-term neurological sequelae in breech delivered low birth weight infants is an important factor in deciding on the method of delivery in breech presentation. Those infants who during the years 1973 and 1974 were live born of low birth weight (under 2500 g) and who were delivered by the breech were studied. Of 51 infants, 36 survived the neonatal period. Two died, 1 of multiple congenital abnormalities and 1 of accidental injuries, 2 left the country during their 2nd yr of life at which time they were developing normally. Two remained untraced. The remaining 30 are all living locally, are all neurologically normal and are attending ordinary schools. In the absence of intensive methods of neonatal care the risk to the breech delivered low birth weight baby is of neonatal death rather than of long-term neurological sequelae.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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