Preterm Flashcards
Classification of fetuses & neonates according to GA
Classification of fetuses & neonates according to GA
- Preterm
Classification of fetuses & neonates according to GA
- Term
GA from 37 week up to 42 weeks
Classification of fetuses & neonates according to GA
- Post-term
GA > completed 42 weeks.
Classification of fetuses according to fetal weight in relation to GA
Classification of fetuses according to fetal weight in relation to GA
- SGA
- Fetal weight < 10th percentile for GA
- Fetal weight ≥ 2 SD below mean for its GA
(SGA fetuses include IUGR or constitutionally small but healthy fetus)
Classification of fetuses according to fetal weight in relation to GA
- AGA
Fetal weight ( ) 10th & 90th percentile for GA
Classification of fetuses according to fetal weight in relation to GA
- LGA
- Fetal weight > 90th percentile for GA
- Fetal weight ≥ 2 SD above mean for its GA.
Classification of neonates according to birth weight
Classification of neonates according to birth weight
- NBW
Neonates with birth weight > 2500 gm.
Classification of neonates according to birth weight
- LBW
- Neonates with birth weight ≤ 2500 gm regardless GA (LBW infants include preterm & growth retarded infants).
Classification of neonates according to birth weight
- VLBW
- Neonates with birth weight < 1500 gm regardless GA
Def of Preterm labor (premature labor)
Onset of labor after fetal viability & before completed
Def of Prematurity
- Baby needs artificial aids to maintain life (needs incubation) due to deficiency of different body functions to face extrauterine life.
Incidence of Prematurity
7% of all deliveries.
Etiology & RF for Prematurity
Etiology & RF for Prematurity
- Maternal Factors
Etiology & RF for Prematurity
- fetal Factors
1) Fetal anomalies
2) multiple infections as TORCH
3) IUFD.
Etiology & RF for Prematurity
- obstetric Compications
1) Polyhydramnios, PPROM
2) Chorioamnionitis
3) placenta previa, placental abruption
4) pregnancy on top of IUD.
Etiology & RF for Prematurity
- Iatrogenic Factors
1) Premature induction of labor
2) ECV
3) amniocentesis or surgery.
Etiology & RF for Prematurity
- Idiopathic
In 50% of cases
Etiology & RF for Prematurity
- Commonest Cause
Idiopathic
Importance of Prematurity
Complications of Prematurity
- Long term
- Short term
Complications of Prematurity
- Long-term
- ↑↑ incidence of underdevelopment.
- ↑↑ incidence neurological & intellectual abnormalities later in life.
Complications of Prematurity
- short Term
- Respiratory
- Brain
- Blood
- Metabolic
- Others
Short term Complications of Prematurity
- Respiratory
Respiratory Complications of Prematurity
- incidence
Asphyxia accounts for majority of neonatal deaths.
Respiratory Complications of Prematurity
- Causes
Brain Complications of Prematurity
- Incidence
> 10% of prematures
Brain Complications of Prematurity
- Causes
- Hypoprothrombinemia.
- Immature vascular bed in germinal matrix prior to 35 weeks gestation.
- Softness of skull allows rapid & dangerous moulding.
Blood Complications of Prematurity
- Increased Bilirubin
- liver is unable to conjugate bilirubin from blood sufficiently d2 enzymatic immaturity
Blood Complications of Prematurity
- Anemia
- Due to poor iron stores & slow synthesis of Hb molecule
Metabolic Complications of Prematurity
Metabolic Complications of Prematurity
- Causes of hypothermia
Metabolic Complications of Prematurity
- Causes of hypoglycemia
Due to poor glycogen stores
Metabolic Complications of Prematurity
- Causes of hypocalcemia
Manifested by clonus, tremors or convulsions