Preterm birth and prescriptions for cardiovascular, antiseizure, antibiotics and antiasthmatic medication in children up to 10 years of age: a population-based data linkage cohort study across six European regions
Por:
Damkjaer, M, Loane, M, Urhoj, S, Ballardini, E, Cavero-Carbonell, C, Coi, A, Garcia-Villodre, L, Given, J, Gissler, M, Heino, A, Jordan, S, Neville, A, Pierini, A, Tan, J, Scanlon, I, Garne, E and Morris, J
Publicada:
1 oct 2022
Ahead of Print:
17 oct 2022
Categoría:
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Resumen:
Objectives Preterm children are exposed to many medications in neonatal intensive care units, but little is known about the effect of prematurity on medication use throughout infancy and childhood. We examined prescriptions of cardiovascular medication (CVM), antiseizure medication (ASM), antiasthmatic medication and antibiotics issued/dispensed in the first 10 years of life for very and moderately preterm children compared with term.
Design Population-based data linkage cohort study linking information from birth records to prescription records.
Setting Six registries from five countries in the EUROlinkCAT study.
Participants The study population included 1 722 912 children, of whom 10 820 (0.6%) were very preterm (<32 weeks gestational age (GA)), 92 814 (5.4%) were moderately preterm (32-36 weeks GA), 1 606 643 (93.3%) were born at term (>= 37 weeks GA) and 0.7% had missing GA. Children with major or minor congenital anomalies were excluded (including patent ductus arteriosus).
Main outcome measures Relative risk (RR) of receiving a prescription for CVM, ASM, antiasthmatic and antibiotics.
Results Very preterm children had a higher RR of receiving a prescription for CVM and ASM than preterm children. For all preterm children, the RR of having a CVM prescription was 3.58 (95% CI 2.06 to 6.23); 2.06 (95% C11.73 to 2.41) for ASM; 1.13 (95% CI 0.99 to 1.29) for antiasthmatics and 0.96 (95% CI 0.93 to 0.99) for antibiotics in the first year of life. Increased prescription of CVM, ASM and antiasthmatics persisted for all 10 years of follow-up. Although the RR was highest for CVM and ASM, in absolute numbers more children received prescriptions for antibiotics (42.34%, 95% CI 38.81% to 45.91%) and antiasthmatics (28.40%, 95% CI 16.07% to 42.649%) than for CVM (0.18%, 95% CI 0.12% to 0.25%) and ASM (0.16%, 95% CI 0.13% to 0.20%) in the first year of life.
Conclusion Preterm children had a higher risk of being prescribed/dispensed CUM, ASM and antiasthmatics up to age 10. This study highlights a need for further research into morbidity beyond age 10.
Filiaciones:
Damkjaer, M:
Univ Hosp Southern, Lillebaelt Hosp, Paediat, Vejle, Denmark
Loane, M:
Univ Ulster, Ctr Maternal Fetal & Infant Res, Newtownabbey, North Ireland
Urhoj, S:
Univ Copenhagen, Dept Publ Hlth, Copenhagen K, Denmark
Hosp Lillebaelt Kolding, Paediat Dept, Kolding, Denmark
Ballardini, E:
Univ Ferrara, Neonatal Intens Care Unit, Paediat Sect, Ferrara, Italy
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Fdn Foment Invest Sanitaria & Biomed, Rare Dis Res Unit, Valencia, Spain
Coi, A:
Inst Clin Physiol, Natl Res Council, Pisa Res Area, Pisa, Italy
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Ctr Biomed Res Network Rare Dis, Valencia, Spain
Given, J:
Ulster Univ, Fac Life & Hlth Sci, Newtownabbey, North Ireland
Gissler, M:
THL Natl Inst Hlth & Welf, Informat, Helsinki, Finland
Heino, A:
Finnish Inst Hlth & Welf, Helsinki, Finland
Jordan, S:
Univ Swansea, Nursing, Swansea, W Glam, Wales
Neville, A:
Univ Ferrara, IMER, Florence, Italy
Pierini, A:
Inst Clin Physiol, Natl Res Council, Pisa, Italy
Tan, J:
St Georges Univ London, Populat Hlth Res Inst, London, England
Scanlon, I:
Swansea Univ, Fac Med Hlth & Life Sci, Swansea, W Glam, Wales
Garne, E:
Hosp Lillebaelt Kolding, Dept Paediat & Adolescent Medicinene, Kolding, Denmark
Morris, J:
St Georges Univ London, Populat Hlth Res Inst, London, England
Green Published, Green Accepted, gold
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