Assessing the risk of early unplanned rehospitalisation in preterm babies: EPIPAGE 2 study.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Gaining a better understanding of the probability, timing and prediction of rehospitalisation amongst preterm babies could help improve outcomes. There is limited research addressing these topics amongst extremely and very preterm babies. In this context, unplanned rehospitalisations constitute an important, potentially modifiable adverse event. We aimed to establish the probability, time-distribution and predictability of unplanned rehospitalisation within 30 days of discharge in a population of French preterm babies. METHODS:This study used data from EPIPAGE 2, a population-based prospective study of French preterm babies. Only those babies discharged home alive and whose parents responded to the one-year survey were eligible for inclusion in our study. For Kaplan-Meier analys

SUBMITTER: Reed RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6870221 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature