Intensive care unit readmission during childhood after preterm birth with respiratory failure.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine the incidence and risk factors for readmission to the intensive care unit (ICU) among preterm infants who required mechanical ventilation at birth.

Study design

We studied preterm newborns (birth weight 500-1250 g) who required mechanical ventilation at birth and were enrolled in a multicenter trial of inhaled nitric oxide therapy. Patients were assessed up to 4.5 years of age via annual in-person evaluations and structured telephone interviews. Univariate and multivariable analyses of baseline and birth hospitalization predictors of ICU readmission were performed.

Results

Of 512 subjects providing follow-up data, 58% were readmitted to the hospital (51% of these had multiple readmissions, averaging 3.9 readmissions per subject), 19% were readmi

SUBMITTER: Mourani PM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4522939 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature