Survival of extremely premature babies in a geographically defined population: prospective cohort study of 1994-9 compared with 2000-5
Survival of extremely premature babies in a geographically defined population: prospective cohort study of 1994-9 compared with 2000-5
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DOI:
10.1136/bmj.39555.670718.be
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发表时间:
2008-05-31
影响因子:
105.7
通讯作者:
Draper, Elizabeth S.
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作者:
Field, David J.;Dorling, Jon S.;Draper, Elizabeth S.
Objective To assess changes in survival for infants born before 26 completed weeks of gestation.Design Prospective cohort study in a geographically defined population.Setting Former Trent health region of the United Kingdom.Subjects All infants born at 22 + 0 to 25+6 weeks' gestation to mothers living in the region. Terminations were excluded but all other births of babies alive at the on set of tabour or the delivery process were included.Main outcome measures Outcome for all infants was categorised as stillbirth, death without admission to neonatal intensive care, death before discharge from neonatal intensive care, and survival to discharge home in two time periods: 1994-9 and 2000-5 inclusive.Results The proportion of infants dying in delivery rooms was similar in the two periods, but a significant improvement was seen in the number of infants surviving to discharge (P