Evidence · Systematic review or meta-analysis
Long term cognitive outcomes of early term (37-38 weeks) and late preterm (34-36 weeks) births: A systematic review.
- Medical
- Neurodevelopmental follow-up
- Neurology
- Postnatal and transitional care
- Transitional care
This paper is from 2017, more than five years ago. Newer evidence may have been published since.
Summary
Systematic review of long-term cognitive (IQ) outcomes in children born late preterm (34-36 weeks) or early term (37-38 weeks), compared with full-term births. Seven studies covering over 41,000 children were included. Early term birth was consistently associated with lower cognitive scores than birth at 39-41 weeks, while data for late preterm births were scarce, at high risk of bias and showed no clear difference. The authors suggest these findings should inform discussions about timing of delivery.
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