Risk Factors Pinpoint NICU Mortality Risk in Low Weight Newborns
“A set of maternal and neonatal risk factors appear to be useful in predicting which extremely-low-birth-weight infants will die after leaving the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), researchers found.
In a retrospective study, black race, unknown health insurance status, and an extended NICU stay were associated with a greater likelihood of dying within 18 to 22 months (P<0.02 for all), according to Lilia De Jesus, MD, of Wayne State University in Detroit, and colleagues.
In addition, maternal use of intrapartum antibiotics was associated with a lower likelihood of post-NICU mortality (P=0.013), the researchers reported online in theJournal of Pediatrics.
They said that the findings might be used to design interventions to decrease post-NICU mortality, and also might help clinicians identify high-risk patients.”
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