Rates of rehospitalisation in the first 2 years among preterm infants discharged from the NICU of a tertiary children hospital in Vietnam: a follow-up study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To describe the characteristics of rehospitalisation in Vietnamese preterm infants and to examine the time-to-first-readmission between two gestational age (GA) groups (extremely/very preterm (EVP) vs moderate/late preterm (MLP)); and further to compare rehospitalisation rates according to GA and corrected age (CA), and to examine the association between potential risk factors and rehospitalisation rates.

Design and setting

A cohort study to follow up preterm infants discharged from a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of a tertiary children's hospital in Vietnam.

Participants

All preterm newborns admitted to the NICU from July 2013 to September 2014.

Main outcomes

Rates, durations and causes of hospital admission during the first 2 years.

Result

SUBMITTER: Do CHT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7537446 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature