Maternal hypertension and very preterm infants' mortality and handicaps

• Published in: European journal of obstetrics & gynecology and reproductive biology Vol. 39; no. 2; pp. 87 - 92
• Main Authors: Van Zeben-van Der Aa, Dorothea M., Verwey, Robert A., Verloove-vanhorick, S.Pauline, Brand, Ronald, Ruys, J.H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Shannon Elsevier Ireland Ltd 16.04.1991; Elsevier
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Congenital Abnormalities - etiology; Female; Fetal Death; Gestational Age; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Handicap; Humans; Hypertension - complications; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Premature; Infant, Small for Gestational Age; Male; Management. Prenatal diagnosis; Maternal hypertensive disorder; Medical sciences; Multivariate Analysis; Neonatal mortality; Netherlands; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular; Pregnancy Outcome; Pregnancy. Fetus. Placenta; Preterm birth; Regression Analysis; VLBW infant; Netherlands; Handicap; Maternal hypertensive disorder; Preterm birth; Neonatal mortality; VLBW infant; Human; Hypertension; Premature; Neonatal; Prognosis; Mortality; Cardiovascular disease; Maternal diseases; Statistical study
• ISSN: 0301-2115; 1872-7654
• DOI: 10.1016/0028-2243(91)90069-W

In a nationwide survey on liveborn very preterm and/or very low birthweight infants in The Netherlands, mortality and handicaps at the corrected age of 2 years were studied in infants born to mothers with or without hypertensive disorders during pregnancy. The neonatal and in-hospital mortality was significantly lower in infants born to hypertensive mothers. In surviving infants, a similar handicap rate was found at the corrected age of 2 years for both groups.