EPIDEMIOLOGIC AND RISK FACTORS IN EARLY TERM BIRTH
Abstract:
Early birth is defined as the birth between 37 weeks and 0 days and 38 weeks and 6 days.(1)
The purpose of the study was to evaluate the epidemiology and risk factors associated with early birth
(37-38 weeks of gestation) compared to term deliveries in the maternity hospital of Sibiu County
Emergency Clinical Hospital. Newborns with gestational age between 37 weeks and 0 days and 38
weeks and 6 days who were assisted in the Maternity Hospital of Sibiu County Emergency Clinical
Hospital during the period 01.01.2016-31.12.2016 were evaluated. The statistical analysis was
performed using SPSS for Windows 10.0; ,,P’’ was statistically significant at values <0.05
(confidence interval 95%). The most common maternal pathology associated with pregnancy was
thrombophilia (8.2%). 92.6% of the newborns were born in the cranial presentation, 6.8% in pelvic
presentation and only 4 cases (0.6%) of the infants were in transverse arrangement.
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