Care practices, mortality and morbidity of very premature infants from two different tertiary centers were collected and compared, in order to discover areas for improvement where these two newborn centers can learn from each other.
This retrospective cohort study was conducted in two hospitals,Qinghai Red Cross Hospital and Jinan University affiliated Shenzhen Baoan Women's and Children's Hospital.Very premature infants born with a gestational age between 22+0 - 31+6 weeks admitted to both centers during 3 years from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2020 were studied. In both centers, data including maternal characteristics, neonatal characteristics, obstetric practices, delivery room practices, and neonatal outcomes, were collected by data abstractors in each NICU. Anonymous data was transferred to Shenzhen and analyses were performed at the newborn center of SZH.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
807
Shenzhen Baoan Women's and Children's Hospital
Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
mortality
death during hospitalisation and death after withdrawing treatment
Time frame: Jan 1,2018 - Dec 31,2020
Major morbidity
severe neurological injury, moderate to severe BPD, NEC or severe ROP
Time frame: Jan 1,2018 - Dec 31,2020
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