Time of Delivery Among Low-Risk Women at 37–42 Weeks of Gestation and Risks of Stillbirth and Infant Mortality, and Long-term Neurological Morbidity

(Abstracted from Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 2022;36:577–587) Time of delivery in low-risk pregnancies is an important consideration for clinicians. They must balance the risks associated with early delivery, including respiratory and other neonatal complications, versus those associated with later delivery, including stillbirth, meconium aspiration syndrome and maternal complications.

Time of Delivery Among Low-Risk Women at 37–42 Weeks of Gestation and Risks of Stillbirth and Infant Mortality, and Long-term Neurological Morbidity Journal Articles