Risk factors for re-hospitalization following neonatal discharge of extremely preterm infants in Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Survivors of extremely preterm birth are at risk of re-hospitalization but risk factors in the Canadian population are unknown. Our objective is to identify neonatal, sociodemographic, and geographic characteristics that predict re-hospitalization in Canadian extremely preterm neonates.

Methods

This is a retrospective analysis of a prospective observational cohort study that included preterm infants born 22 to 28 weeks' gestational age from April 1, 2009 to September 30, 2011 and seen at 18 to 24 months corrected gestational age in a Canadian Neonatal Follow-Up Network clinic. Characteristics of infants re-hospitalized versus not re-hospitalized are compared. The potential neonatal, sociodemographic, and geographic factors with significant association in the univar

SUBMITTER: Puthattayil ZB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7962711 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr-May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature