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2023年5月9日 · Labor that begins before 37 weeks is called preterm labor (or premature labor). A birth that occurs before 37 weeks is considered a preterm birth. Preterm birth is the most common cause of infant death and is the leading cause of long-term disability related to the nervous system in children.
About Preterm Labor and Birth | NICHD - NICHD - Eunice Kennedy …
2014年3月5日 · Preterm birth is the most common cause of infant death and is the leading cause of long-term disability in children. 4 Many organs, including the brain, lungs, and liver, are still developing in the final weeks of pregnancy. The earlier the delivery, the higher the risk of serious disability or death.
Preterm Labor and Birth - NICHD - Eunice Kennedy Shriver …
2014年3月5日 · In general, a normal human pregnancy is about 40 weeks long (9.2 months). Health care providers now define “full-term” birth as birth that occurs between 39 weeks and 40 weeks and 6 days of pregnancy. 1 Infants born during this time are considered full-term infants. Infants born in the 37th and 38th weeks of pregnancy—previously called ...
What causes preterm labor and birth? | NICHD - NICHD - Eunice …
Medically indicated preterm birth. If a serious medical condition—such as preeclampsia —exists, the health care provider might recommend a preterm delivery. In these cases, health care providers often take steps to keep the baby in the womb as long as possible to allow for additional growth and development, while also monitoring the mother ...
Extremely Preterm Birth Outcomes Tool | NICHD - NICHD - Eunice …
2020年3月2日 · Healthcare providers and families face significant challenges in making care decisions for extremely preterm infants. They make decisions about individual infants based on each infant’s situation and using the best available information at the time. Through its research, NICHD aims to better inform healthcare providers and families about the health, survival, and …
What are the risk factors for preterm labor and birth?
2018年5月16日 · Preterm labor and birth occur more often among certain racial and ethnic groups. For example, infants of African American mothers are more likely to be born preterm than infants of white mothers. American Indian/Alaska Native mothers are also more likely to give birth preterm than are white mothers. 4
What infections can affect pregnancy? | NICHD - NICHD - Eunice …
2020年12月30日 · Chlamydia infection during pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of preterm birth and its complications. 2 If the infection is present and untreated at the time of delivery, it can lead to eye infections or pneumonia in the infant. 1 In most hospitals, infants' eyes are routinely treated with an antibiotic ointment shortly after birth ...
What treatments are used to prevent preterm labor and birth?
2022年6月30日 · NICHD’s Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network found that progesterone given to women at risk of preterm birth due to a prior preterm birth reduces chances of a subsequent preterm birth by one-third, when started at 16 weeks of gestation and continued to 37 weeks of gestation. 1,2 Because subsequent research did not show the same effect, use ...
NICHD Preterm Labor and Birth Research Information
2023年5月9日 · The NICHD-funded Genomic and Proteomic Network for Preterm Birth Research is a research network that aims to accelerate the pace of preterm birth research by focusing on global genomic and molecular research strategies and to rapidly disseminate the data to the scientific community for secondary analyses.
Science Update: Fertility treatments may increase risk for preterm ...
2022年4月6日 · The study of roughly 500 births to women who had difficulty conceiving also confirmed previous findings linking in vitro fertilization to a higher risk for preterm birth. The authors attributed the higher risk to an increased chance for multiple pregnancy (more than one fetus at a time), which is also known to increase preterm birth risk.