Recurrent respiratory distress syndrome in successive preterm pregnancies
BACKGROUND: Earlier studies suggesting an increased recurrence risk of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) among the subsequent infants of women with a previously affected infant were based on low birth weight inclusion criteria that did not differentiate between preterm and growth-retarded infants....
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Veröffentlicht in: | The Journal of pediatrics 1996-10, Vol.129 (4), p.591-596 |
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Zusammenfassung: | BACKGROUND: Earlier studies suggesting an increased recurrence risk of respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) among the subsequent infants of women with a previously affected infant were based on low birth weight inclusion criteria that did not differentiate between preterm and growth-retarded infants.
METHODS: We therefore carried out two cohort studies of women who delivered two singleton preterm (gestational age |
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ISSN: | 0022-3476 1097-6833 |
DOI: | 10.1016/S0022-3476(96)70125-7 |