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Premature newborn care

Última revisão: 3 Mar 2025
Última atualização: 04 Jun 2024

Resumo

Definição

História e exame físico

Principais fatores diagnósticos

  • maternal last menstrual period (LMP)
  • distance from the maternal superior pubis to the uterine fundus
  • infant physical maturity score
  • infant neuromuscular maturity score
  • combined physical/neuromuscular score <10: gestational age <28 weeks
  • combined physical/neuromuscular score 11 to 19: gestational age 29 to 31 weeks
  • combined physical/neuromuscular score 20 to 24: gestational age 32 to 33 weeks
  • combined physical/neuromuscular score 25 to 33: gestational age 34 to 36 weeks
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Outros fatores diagnósticos

  • infant birth weight (appropriate for gestational age infants)
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Fatores de risco

  • intrauterine infection
  • preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM)
  • pre-eclampsia/pregnancy-induced hypertension
  • placental abruption/antepartum hemorrhage
  • abnormal amniotic fluid volume
  • severe bacterial vaginosis
  • multiple gestation
  • previous preterm birth
  • fetal abnormality
  • cervical incompetence/uterine abnormality
  • gestational diabetes
  • maternal surgery during pregnancy
  • chronic maternal illness
  • short interpregnancy time interval
  • drug use (tobacco, cocaine, heroin)
  • maternal pregnancy body mass index <19 or >35
  • stress/depression
  • extremes of maternal age
  • nonwhite race
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Investigações diagnósticas

Primeiras investigações a serem solicitadas

  • fetal biometry during prenatal period
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Algoritmo de tratamento

AGUDA

gestational age <28 weeks

gestational age 28 to 31 weeks

gestational age 32 to 33 weeks

gestational age 34 to 36 weeks

Colaboradores

Autores

Mohan Pammi, MD, PhD

Professor of Pediatrics

Section of Neonatology and Department of Pediatrics

Baylor College of Medicine

Houston

TX

Declarações

MP declares that he has no competing interests.

Kushal Bhakta, MD

Associate Professor

Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Children’s Hospital of Orange County

Orange County

CA

Declarações

KB declares that he has no competing interests.

Agradecimentos

Dr Mohan Pammi and Dr Kushal Bhakta would like to gratefully acknowledge Dr Stephen Welty and Dr James L. Wynn, previous contributors to this topic.

Declarações

SW and JLW declare that they have no competing interests.

Revisores

Isaac Babarinsa, MSc, MRCOG

Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

Gloucester

UK

Declarações

IB declares that he has no competing interests.

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