[PDF] Top 20 Center Differences and Outcomes of Extremely Low Birth Weight Infants

... are center neonatal interventions associated with outcomes? For evaluating the effects of clinical neonatal interventions on the 5 study out- comes, 4 interventions were modeled separately adjusting for ... See full document

... improved outcomes. The increased inci- dence of ELBW infants who were born to white, non-Hispanic, nonblack mothers may be related to the increased number of multiples over the 3 epochs and be a proxy for ... See full document

... of infants who had birth weight of 401 to 1000 g, were born from January 1, 1995, through December 31, 1998, and were in the multicenter NICHD Neonatal Research Network VLBW ...granted. ... See full document

... quartiles. Outcomes did not differ according to random assignment of placebo or hydrocortisone treatment, showing the same trends and areas of significance; therefore, data were ...combined. Outcomes based ... See full document

... no differences in individual risks of CP, MDI of ⬍ 70, blindness, or NDI in the study population, although there was a strong trend toward increased risk of PDI of ⬍ 70 with dexamethasone expo- sure, compared with ... See full document

... record. Infants who were transferred to the SBU for a specific purpose, such as a patent ductus arteriosus ligation, and transferred back to their referring facility, were included in some of the analysis, such as ... See full document

... “Tooth decay in young children’s baby teeth is on the rise, according to the largest government study of the nation’s dental health in more than 25 years. . . . ‘Overall, we can say that most Americans are noticing an ... See full document

... Conclusions. PSB concentrations during the first 2 weeks of life are directly correlated with death or NDI, hearing impairment, and PDI <70 in ELBW infants. The statistical association based on retrospective ... See full document

... Human Development (U10 HD53124, U10 HD53119, U10 HD53109, U10 HD53089, U10 HD40689, U10 HD40521, U10 HD40498, U10 HD40492, U10 HD40461, U10 HD34216, U10 HD34167, U10 HD27904, U10 HD27881, U10 HD27880, U10 HD27871, U10 ... See full document

... mature infants, additional advances will be required to increase survival free of neonatal morbidity and neurodevelopmental im- ...for infants and their families and to help determine what constitutes ... See full document

... higher use of artificial reproductive technologies in the triplet or higher- order multiple-birth population. Mothers of multiples were less likely to have preeclampsia or hypertension. This may be related to ... See full document

... Our goal was to determine the effects of recent changes in delivery room and neo- natal care, including surfactant and dexamethasone ther- apy, on survival, neonatal morbidity, and 20-mo[r] ... See full document

... of extremely premature infants using standard data collection and follow-up assessment methods since ...and outcomes among academic medical ...the center effect on mortality while con- ... See full document

... delay). Infants were randomly assigned to the lower saturation group or higher saturation group in the first 24 hours of ...of infants enrolled was 1201, of whom 538 were monitored with oximeters using the ... See full document

... the infants’ discharge from the neonatal nursery and continued until 36 months of age, corrected for ...prematurity. Infants in the intervention and control groups participated in the same pediatric ... See full document

... NOHK infants expired with PN 72 ...significant differences in the risk of cardiac arrhythmia and mortality between the two ...some extremely preterm ... See full document

... the differences in adverse neonatal outcomes between the 2 countries, the GA was categorized into 5 groups: 20 to 24, 25 to 26, 27 to 28, 29 to 32, and ...c outcomes were com- pared between the 2 ... See full document

... Group differences were contrasted by using t tests for continuous data, x 2 analysis for dichotomous data, and x 2 tests for linear trends for ordered di- chotomous ...group differences on WISC-IV and WRAT3 ... See full document

... significant differences in survival rates between male and female infants and be- tween black and white infants, as well as the interactions of these 2 ...for extremely pre- mature ... See full document

... epoch-related differences in proportions of MDI scores of ⬍ 70 could not be explained after adjust- ment for multiple maternal, perinatal, neonatal, and sociodemographic ...most extremely preterm ... See full document