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Funisitis, an indicator of fetal inflammatory response, has been linked to adverse neonatal outcomes, but its impact on respiratory outcomes in extremely preterm neonates remains uncertain. In this study, we investigated whether HCAM with funisitis is associated with poorer respiratory outcomes when compared with HCAM alone in preterm (gestational age 22\u201336 weeks) neonates. Methods: This was a retrospective cohort study. We divided very low-birth weight (VLBW) preterm neonates with placenta histopathology examinations into three groups\u2014normal, isolated HCAM, and HCAM with funisitis. Perinatal characteristics, radiographic findings, morbidities, and respiratory outcomes were compared. Results: Among 244 VLBW neonates, 25 (10.2%) had HCAM with funisitis, 88 (36.1%) had isolated HCAM, and the remaining 131 were in the normal group. Neonates with HCAM and funisitis had a significantly lower gestational age (26.44 \u00b1 2.1 weeks) but a higher incidence of clinical chorioamnionitis (40.0%) than those with isolated HCAM (12.5%) or normal placentas (6.9%). Moreover, the incidence of cystic\u2013interstitial lung changes before 2 weeks of postnatal age was higher in the HCAM with funisitis group (56.5%) than in the isolated HCAM group (25.0%), and the normal group (4.4%). CLD occurred in 66.7%, 37.7%, and 1.3% of these groups, respectively, and the need for home oxygen at follow-up was 26.1%, 13.7%, and 6.4%. Both isolated HCAM and HCAM with funisitis protected against severe respiratory distress syndrome. However, extremely preterm birth and funisitis had a more adverse impact on CLD development than HCAM alone (adjusted odds ratio 15.259 vs. 3.841). Conclusions: Funisitis independently predicts poor respiratory outcomes in extremely preterm infants. The long-term clinical impacts of funisitis in preterm infants should be further investigated.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/children12111506","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,6]],"date-time":"2025-11-06T09:02:03Z","timestamp":1762419723000},"page":"1506","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Funisitis Predicts Poor Respiratory Outcomes in Extremely Preterm Neonates"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Yi-Li","family":"Hung","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei 106, Taiwan"},{"name":"School of Medicine, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu  300, Taiwan"},{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Children\u2019s Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei 100, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chung-Min","family":"Shen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei 106, Taiwan"},{"name":"School of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City 242, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wu-Shiun","family":"Hsieh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, Cathay General Hospital, Taipei 106, Taiwan"},{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, National Taiwan University Children\u2019s Hospital, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei 100, Taiwan"},{"name":"Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,6]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"194","DOI":"10.1016\/S0002-9378(98)70272-8","article-title":"The Fetal Inflammatory Response Syndrome","volume":"179","author":"Gomez","year":"1998","journal-title":"Am. 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