Outcome of live-born infants in Barbados requiring neonatal care, before and after the introduction of a neonatal intensive care unit - abstract
West Indian med. j
; 44(Suppl. 2): 39, Apr. 1995.
Article
in English
| MedCarib
| ID: med-5742
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JM3.1
Localization: JM3.1; R18.W4
ABSTRACT
A review of the outcome of neonatal care over a 72-month period (November, 1987 - October, 1993) was retrospectively analysed. The study looked at the changing trends of survival, as influenced by the development of a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in November, 1990. During the study period, 4,838 neonatal admissions were analysed; 57 percent were pre-NICU and 42.5 percent post-NICU. Significantly more babies were ventilated in the post-NICU era (p < 0.00001) and survival proportionately increased (p = 0.0027). Although there was no statistical difference in the overall survival in the two eras (p = 0.435), the data indicated that the very low birth weight babies and those ultimately ventilated survived longer in the NICU era (p = 0.0018). With increased survival of premature babies, and the impact of more sophisticated neonatal care, it is likely that one will see more significant trends in the unit-specific mortality. In addition, the surviving children must be carefully looked at to determine their neurodevelopmental outcome in a society with limited health resources (AU)
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MedCarib
Main subject:
Intensive Care Units, Neonatal
Limits:
Humans
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Infant, Newborn
Country/Region as subject:
Barbados
/
English Caribbean
Language:
English
Journal:
West Indian med. j
Year:
1995
Document type:
Article
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Congress and conference