Clinical characteristics of meconium aspiration syndrome in neonates with different gestational ages and the risk factors for neurological injury and death: A 9-year cohort study.

The clinical characteristics of MAS neonates of different gestational age are different mainly in complications. Early-term infants are more likely to complicate with neurological injury, and late-term infants are more likely to complicate with pneumothorax. Low 1-min Apgar score and gestational age, metabolic acidosis, and respiratory failure were established as risk factors for neurological injury; metabolic acidosis, respiratory failure, and sepsis were independent risk factors for death in neonates with MAS.