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ABSTRACT: Background
Although investigators have implicated hypoxic-ischemia (HI) as a potential cause of periventricular leukomalacia (PVL), the role of clinical risk factors or markers for HI in the development of PVL remains controversial. The aim of this study was to identify perinatal HI-related factors associated with PVL.Method
The PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library databases were searched. The last search was performed on January 2017. Summary effect estimates (pooled odds ratios [ORs]) were calculated for each risk factor using fixed or random effects models with tests for heterogeneity and publication bias.Results
Fifteen studies with a total of 12,851 participants were included in this meta-analysis, and 14 potential risk factors were analyzed. The pooled results showed that mothers with oligohydramnios (OR, 1.55; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.05 to 2.30), preterm infants with acidemia (OR, 1.87; 95% CI, 1.18 to 2.97), 1-minute Apgar score <7 (OR 2.69; 95% CI, 1.13 to 6.41), 5-minute Apgar score <7 (OR, 1.89; 95% CI, 1.39 to 2.56), apnea (OR, 1.76; 95% CI, 1.07 to 2.90), respiratory distress syndrome (OR, 1.46; 95% CI, 1.04 to 2.03), and seizures (OR, 4.60; 95% CI, 2.84 to 7.46) were associated with increased risk of PVL.Conclusion
This study identified perinatal HI-related risk factors for the development of PVL in preterm infants. Future large-scale prospective clinical studies are required to validate and extend these findings.
SUBMITTER: Huang J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5607162 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Huang Jichong J Zhang Li L Kang Bingyao B Zhu Tingting T Li Yafei Y Zhao Fengyan F Qu Yi Y Mu Dezhi D Mu Dezhi D
PloS one 20170920 9
<h4>Background</h4>Although investigators have implicated hypoxic-ischemia (HI) as a potential cause of periventricular leukomalacia (PVL), the role of clinical risk factors or markers for HI in the development of PVL remains controversial. The aim of this study was to identify perinatal HI-related factors associated with PVL.<h4>Method</h4>The PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane Library databases were searched. The last search was performed on January 2017. Summary effect estimates (pooled odds ratios ...[more]