Short-term outcomes of extremely preterm infants at discharge: a multicenter study from Guangdong province during 2008-2017

An increasing number of extremely preterm (EP) infants have survived worldwide. However, few data have been reported from China. This study was designed to investigate the short-term outcomes of EP infants at discharge in Guangdong province. A total of 2051 EP infants discharged from 26 neonatal int...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMC pediatrics 2019-11, Vol.19 (1), p.405-405, Article 405
Hauptverfasser: Wu, Fan, Liu, Guosheng, Feng, Zhoushan, Tan, Xiaohua, Yang, Chuanzhong, Ye, Xiaotong, Dai, Yiheng, Liang, Weiyi, Ye, Xiuzhen, Mo, Jing, Ding, Lu, Wu, Benqing, Chen, Hongxiang, Li, Chiwang, Zhang, Zhe, Rong, Xiao, Shen, Wei, Huang, Weimin, Yang, Bingyan, Lv, Junfeng, Huo, Leying, Huang, Huiwen, Rao, Hongping, Yan, Wenkang, Yang, Yong, Ren, Xuejun, Wang, Fangfang, Liu, Dong, Diao, Shiguang, Liu, Xiaoyan, Meng, Qiong, Wang, Yu, Wang, Bin, Zhang, Lijuan, Huang, Yuge, Ao, Dang, Li, Weizhong, Chen, Jieling, Chen, Yanling, Li, Wei, Chen, Zhifeng, Ding, Yueqin, Li, Xiaoyu, Huang, Yuefang, Lin, Niyang, Cai, Yangfan, Han, Shasha, Jin, Ya, Wan, Zhonghe, Ban, Yi, Bai, Bo, Li, Guanghong, Yan, Yuexiu, Cui, Qiliang
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Zusammenfassung:An increasing number of extremely preterm (EP) infants have survived worldwide. However, few data have been reported from China. This study was designed to investigate the short-term outcomes of EP infants at discharge in Guangdong province. A total of 2051 EP infants discharged from 26 neonatal intensive care units during 2008-2017 were enrolled. The data from 2008 to 2012 were collected retrospectively, and from 2013 to 2017 were collected prospectively. Their hospitalization records were reviewed. During 2008-2017, the mean gestational age (GA) was 26.68 ± 1.00 weeks and the mean birth weight (BW) was 935 ± 179 g. The overall survival rate at discharge was 52.5%. There were 321 infants (15.7%) died despite active treatment, and 654 infants (31.9%) died after medical care withdrawal. The survival rates increased with advancing GA and BW (p 
ISSN:1471-2431
1471-2431
DOI:10.1186/s12887-019-1736-8