Swiss medical centres vary significantly when it comes to outcomes of neonates with a very low gestational age.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

This study quantified the impact of perinatal predictors and medical centre on the outcome of very low-gestational-age neonates (VLGANs) born at <32 completed weeks in Switzerland.

Methods

Using prospectively collected data from a 10-year cohort of VLGANs, we developed logistic regression models for three different time points: delivery, NICU admission and seven days of age. The data predicted survival to discharge without severe neonatal morbidity, such as major brain injury, moderate or severe bronchopulmonary dysplasia, retinopathy of prematurity (≥stage three) or necrotising enterocolitis (≥stage three).

Results

From 2002 to 2011, 6892 VLGANs were identified: 5854 (85%) of the live-born infants survived and 84% of the survivors did not have severe neonatal com

SUBMITTER: Steurer MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4744957 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature