Outcome of very preterm infants delivered outside tertiary perinatal centers in China: a multi-center cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To describe the incidence of outborns among very preterm infants (VPIs, <32 weeks of gestation) in Chinese perinatal centers and to examine the association of outborn status with adverse outcomes.

Methods

A cohort study enrolling all VPIs admitted to 18 perinatal centers in China from May 1st, 2015 to April 30th, 2018. Neonatal outcomes including rates of discharge against medical advice (DAMA), in-hospital mortality, overall mortality, severe intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH) or periventricular leukomalacia (PVL), sepsis, bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and severe retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) were compared between outborn and inborn infants. A multivariate logistic regression model was used to estimate the independent associa

SUBMITTER: Pan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7944173 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature