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Outcomes at 21 weeks' gestation: a case series with neurodevelopmental follow-up.

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Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2w

StudyJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association· Aug 2026

Outcomes at 21 weeks' gestation: a case series with neurodevelopmental follow-up.

Kalsang Dolma, Fabien Eyal, Diksha Shrestha … Michael Zayek

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Severe neurodevelopmental impairment occurred in over a third of 21-week survivors.

Outcomes at 21 weeks' gestation: a case series with neurodevelopmental follow-up.

Kalsang Dolma … Michael Zayek

Journal of perinatology · Aug 2026 · Q1 in Pediatrics

Purpose

To describe survival, short- and long-term outcomes of infants born at 21 weeks' gestation who received neonatal resuscitation.

Methods

Single-center retrospective case series of infants born at 21 + 0/7 to 21 + 6/7 weeks resuscitated from 2004-2024.

Results

38%

over a third of survivors had severe neurodevelopmental impairment at follow-up

More results

Among resuscitated infants, survival was 5/19 (26%) in period 1 and 6/16 (37%) in period 2.

Lung morbidity and severe retinopathy of prematurity were higher in the later period.

Four survivors attended mainstream schools.

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Conclusion · 1 of 2

Survival at 21 weeks' gestation is limited to highly selected cases.

Conclusion · 2 of 2

These data add to the limited evidence base and may inform individualized counseling at this gestational age, where the role of routine neonatal resuscitation is not established.

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