Current therapies to reduce the risk of brain damage associated with preterm birth

Abstract

Premature birth is an important public health problem associated with increased perinatal morbidity and mortality rates. Due to the triggering mechanisms of premature birth as well as the immaturity of the fetal brain, it is more prone to injury. Thus, these premature babies have an increased risk of immediate neurological complications as well as late neurodevelopmental abnormalities, which can have lifelong repercussions. Prompt identification of fetal brain injury and their treatment, as well as the supervision at regular time intervals of the neurodevelopment of children born prematurely, are a real challenge for the medical system.