Neonatal birth fractures: a retrospective tertiary maternity hospital review

Autor: Prakash Promod, Amanda Ogilvy-Stuart, Andreas Rehm
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 40:485-490
ISSN: 1364-6893
0144-3615
DOI: 10.1080/01443615.2019.1631770
Popis: We aimed to identify the incidence and types of neonatal birth fractures in a single tertiary maternity hospital in the United Kingdom and to find possible associated factors, including all live births born between 2000 and 2016. We reviewed hospital records and imaging of all neonates who had any imaging done to identify birth fractures. We identified 87,461 consecutive live births. Sixty-six sustained a fracture during delivery: 46 clavicle-, 13 humerus-, four skull-, one femoral-, one rib- and one tibial fracture. Five neonates with a clavicle or humeral fracture had an Erb's palsy. Sixty-five fractures were in singletons. Twenty-five fractures were diagnosed after discharge. Binary logistic regression analysis with R-Studio showed a significant association between 'Fracture' and 'Birthweight' (
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