Surgery and neurodevelopmental outcome of very low-birth-weight infants.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Reduced death and neurodevelopmental impairment among infants is a goal of perinatal medicine.

Objective

To assess the association between surgery during the initial hospitalization and death or neurodevelopmental impairment of very low-birth-weight infants.

Design, setting, and participants

A retrospective cohort analysis was conducted of patients enrolled in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network Generic Database from 1998 through 2009 and evaluated at 18 to 22 months' corrected age. Twenty-two academic neonatal intensive care units participated. Inclusion criteria were birth weight 401 to 1500 g, survival to 12 hours, and availability for follow-up. A total of 12 111 infants were included in analyses.

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SUBMITTER: Morriss FH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4142429 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature