A multicenter retrospective study on survival rate and complications of very preterm infants.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To study the survival rate and the incidence of complications of very preterm infants and the factors influencing the survival rate and the incidence of complications.

Methods

The medical data of the very preterm infants with a gestational age of <32 weeks and who were admitted to the Department of Neonatology in 11 hospitals of Jiangsu Province in China from January 2018 to December 2019 were retrospectively reviewed. Their survival rate and the incidence of serious complications were analyzed. A multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate the risk factors for death and serious complications in very preterm infants.

Results

A total of 2 339 very preterm infants were enrolled, among whom 2 010 (85.93%) survived and 1 507 (64.43%) survived

SUBMITTER: Wu XP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8428915 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature