Newborn outcome after assisted reproductive technology: experiences and reflections from Poland.
In spite of much ethical uncertainty and wide variations in obstetric and neonatal outcomes reported in the literature, we have studied the outcome of Polish newborns after assisted reproductive technology (ART). In all of our patients, both obstetrics and neonatal care were performed in the Level Three Center in Poznan, Poland. A total of 45 and 82 newborns were analyzed from the ART and the control group, respectively. We analyzed gestational age, birth weight, Apgar score, duration of hospitalization, newborn mortality, and congenital malformations. We found a far higher rate of mothers over 35 years and with university education in ART compared to controls. The incidence of cesarean section and birth weight <1,500 g was much higher in ART. Newborn mortality was much higher among ART newborns compared to controls and was related to premature delivery of triplet pregnancy. The most important factor resulting in high neonatal mortality in our study group was multiple pregnancy. We consider the lack of regulation in Poland concerning the number of replaced embryos as a main factor influencing newborns' outcome after ART.
Szymankiewicz
Marta
M
Department of Neonatology, University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland.
Jedrzejczak
Piotr
P
Rozycka
Joanna
J
Gadzinowski
Janusz
J
Pawelczyk
Leszek
L
D000328:Adult; D001724:Birth Weight; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D036861:Delivery, Obstetric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008423:Maternal Age; D009099:Multiple Birth Offspring / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome / Q000453:epidemiology*; D047928:Premature Birth / Q000453:epidemiology; D027724:Reproductive Techniques, Assisted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013997:Time Factors