Journal of Perinatology • February 2020
Puia-Dumitrescu M, Younge N, Benjamin DK, Lawson K, Hume C, Hill K, Mengistu J, Wilson A, Zimmerman ZO, Ahmad K, Greenberg RG; on behalf of the Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act – Pediatric Trials Network
This study evaluated the most commonly used medications and in-hospital morbidities and mortality in infants born 22-24 weeks of gestation. It was a multicenter retrospective cohort study of infants born 22-24 weeks of gestation, from 2006-2016, without major congenital anomalies and with available medication data obtained from neonatal intensive care units managed by the Pediatrix Medical Group. A large number of medications were used in periviable infants. There was a high prevalence of in-hospital morbidities, and survival of this population increased over the study period.