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Comparison of neonatal intensive care: Trento area versus Vermont Oxford Network.

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Background

S. Chiara hospital is the only neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in the Province of Trento (Italy). It serves a population of about 460000 people with about 5000 infants per year, admitting the totality of the inborn and outborn VLBWI of the province. The aim of this work is to compare mortality, morbidity and neonatal treatment of the very low birth weight infants (VLBWI) of Trento area with those recorded in the Vermont Oxford Network (VON) during 2004.

Methods

In this retrospective analysis, the rates of complications and related treatments reported in VLBWI admitted in the S. Chiara NICU during the period 2000-2005 were compared with those recorded in the VON in 2004. The analysis included both the total populations and different weight groups.

Results

The frequency of inborn infants was significantly higher in Trento than in VON: 91% vs 84% (MH 8.56; p-value 0.003). The administration of prenatal steroids (82% vs 74%; MH 7.47 and p-value 0.006) and caesarean section were significantly more frequent in the Trento area than in VON. In Trento significantly more VLBWI with BW ConclusionOn the basis of this analysis, a less aggressive therapeutic strategy based on perinatal prevention in global management, such as that employed in Trento area, may be associated with an improvement in clinical outcomes in very low birth weight infants.

SUBMITTER: De Nisi G

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2687545 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Comparison of neonatal intensive care: Trento area versus Vermont Oxford Network.

De Nisi Giuseppe G Berti Mariarosaria M Malossi Riccardo R Pederzini Fabio F Pedrotti Anna A Valente Alberta A

Italian journal of pediatrics 20090314 1

<h4>Background</h4>S. Chiara hospital is the only neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in the Province of Trento (Italy). It serves a population of about 460000 people with about 5000 infants per year, admitting the totality of the inborn and outborn VLBWI of the province. The aim of this work is to compare mortality, morbidity and neonatal treatment of the very low birth weight infants (VLBWI) of Trento area with those recorded in the Vermont Oxford Network (VON) during 2004.<h4>Methods</h4>In t ...[more]

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Comparison of neonatal intensive care: Trento area versus Vermont Oxford Network.

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Comparison of neonatal intensive care: Trento area versus Vermont Oxford Network.

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