Ten-year trend of care practices, morbidities and survival of very preterm neonates in the Malaysian National Neonatal Registry: a retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine a 10-year trend of survival, morbidities and care practices, and predictors of in-hospital mortality in very preterm neonates (VPTN, gestation 22 to <32 weeks) in the Malaysian National Neonatal Registry.

Design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

43 Malaysian neonatal intensive care units.

Patients

29 010 VPTN (without major malformations) admitted between 1 January 2009 and 31 December 2018.

Main outcome measures

Care practices, survival, admission hypothermia (AH, <36.5°C), late-onset sepsis (LOS), pneumothorax, necrotising enterocolitis grade 2 or 3 (NEC), severe intraventricular haemorrhage (sIVH, grade 3 or 4) and bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD).

Results

During this 10-year period, there was increased use of antenata

SUBMITTER: Boo NY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8438971 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature