TY - JOUR
T1 - Influence of antenatal corticosteroids and sex on the mortality and morbidity of extremely prematurely born infants
AU - Lee, Rebecca
AU - Williams, Emma E.
AU - Dassios, Theodore
AU - Greenough, Anne
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Objective: To report the effect of antenatal corticosteroids (ANS) on mortality, intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH), bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and the duration of ventilation according to sex in extremely preterm infants. Methods: All extremely preterm infants admitted to any neonatal unit in England between 2014 and 2019. Results: Eleven thousand seven hundred and fourteen infants (54% male) were included with a median (IQR) gestational age of 26 + 1 (24 + 6 − 27 + 1) weeks, birth weight of 809 (670 − 960) grams and birth weight z-score of −0.38 (-0.88 to 0.07). ANS were administered in 10,449 infants (89%); equally in males and females. Infants who received ANS compared to those who did not, had a lower mortality before discharge (18.7 versus 32.3%, p <.001), a lower incidence of IVH grade III–IV (14.5 versus 25.5%, p <.001) and a shorter median (IQR) duration of mechanical ventilation [10 (3–27) versus 13 (5–31) days, p <.001]. Female compared to male infants had a lower mortality (18.7 versus 21.7%, p <.001), a lower incidence of IVH grade III–IV (10.9 versus 13.9%, p <.001), a lower incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (61.6 versus 68.2%, p= <.001) and a shorter median (IQR) duration of mechanical ventilation days [9 (3–26) versus 13 (4–29) days, p= <.001]. In females, the risk of dying before discharge from hospital was greater in those who did not receive ANS (odds ratio (OR) 1.81, 95% CI 1.35–2.44) than in those who did (OR 0.55, 95% CI 0.41–0.74). In males the risk of dying was also greater in those that did not receive ANS (OR 1.36, 95% CI 1.03–1.77) compared to those who did (OR 0.74, 95% CI 0.57–0.96). Conclusion: Antenatal corticosteroids had a greater beneficial effect in female compared to male extremely prematurely born infants in reducing death before discharge.
AB - Objective: To report the effect of antenatal corticosteroids (ANS) on mortality, intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH), bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) and the duration of ventilation according to sex in extremely preterm infants. Methods: All extremely preterm infants admitted to any neonatal unit in England between 2014 and 2019. Results: Eleven thousand seven hundred and fourteen infants (54% male) were included with a median (IQR) gestational age of 26 + 1 (24 + 6 − 27 + 1) weeks, birth weight of 809 (670 − 960) grams and birth weight z-score of −0.38 (-0.88 to 0.07). ANS were administered in 10,449 infants (89%); equally in males and females. Infants who received ANS compared to those who did not, had a lower mortality before discharge (18.7 versus 32.3%, p <.001), a lower incidence of IVH grade III–IV (14.5 versus 25.5%, p <.001) and a shorter median (IQR) duration of mechanical ventilation [10 (3–27) versus 13 (5–31) days, p <.001]. Female compared to male infants had a lower mortality (18.7 versus 21.7%, p <.001), a lower incidence of IVH grade III–IV (10.9 versus 13.9%, p <.001), a lower incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (61.6 versus 68.2%, p= <.001) and a shorter median (IQR) duration of mechanical ventilation days [9 (3–26) versus 13 (4–29) days, p= <.001]. In females, the risk of dying before discharge from hospital was greater in those who did not receive ANS (odds ratio (OR) 1.81, 95% CI 1.35–2.44) than in those who did (OR 0.55, 95% CI 0.41–0.74). In males the risk of dying was also greater in those that did not receive ANS (OR 1.36, 95% CI 1.03–1.77) compared to those who did (OR 0.74, 95% CI 0.57–0.96). Conclusion: Antenatal corticosteroids had a greater beneficial effect in female compared to male extremely prematurely born infants in reducing death before discharge.
KW - antenatal corticosteroids
KW - BPD
KW - IVH
KW - mortality
KW - Prematurely born infants
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U2 - 10.1080/14767058.2021.1940941
DO - 10.1080/14767058.2021.1940941
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85108596038
SN - 1476-7058
JO - Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
JF - Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
ER -