NICU Admissions After a Policy to Eliminate Elective Early Term Deliveries Before 39 Weeks’ Gestation

摘要

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Early term infants (37–<39 weeks’ gestation) are at higher risk of adverse outcomes than term infants (39–<41 weeks’ gestation). We hypothesized that a policy to eliminate elective, early term deliveries would result in fewer NICU admissions and shorter lengths of stay among infants born ≥37 weeks.