Prediction of outcomes of extremely low gestational age newborns in Australia and New Zealand

KT Yeo; N Safi; YA Wang; R Le Marsney; T Schindler; S Bolisetty; R Haslam; K Lui; P Marshall; P Schmidt; P Craven; K De Waal; K Simmer; A Gill; J Pillow; J Stack; L Cooke; D Casalaz; J Holberton; C Barfield; L Downe; V Singde; M Stewart; A Berry; KB Carmo; R Hunt; C Kilburn; T De Paoli; M Paradisis; I Rieger; T Lutz; S Reid; D Cartwright; P Koorts; C Kuschel; L Doyle; A Numa; H Carlisle; N Badawi; G Koh; S Resnick; M Luig; C Andersen; A Lyn; B Darlow; R Broadbent; L Mildenhall; M Buksh; D Bourchier; L Carpenter; V Richardson; G Chambers; A Buckmaster; VS Rajadurai; B Bajuk

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Prediction of outcomes of extremely low gestational age newborns in Australia and New Zealand

KT Yeo, N Safi, YA Wang, R Le Marsney, T Schindler, S Bolisetty, R Haslam, K Lui, P Marshall, P Schmidt, P Craven, K De Waal, K Simmer, A Gill, J Pillow, J Stack, L Cooke, D Casalaz, J Holberton, C Barfield Show all

BMJ Paediatrics Open | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2017

DOI: 10.1136/bmjpo-2017-000205

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Abstract

Objective To determine the accuracy of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) calculator in predicting death and neurodevelopmental impairment in Australian and New Zealand infants. Design Population-based cohort study. setting Australia and New Zealand. Patients Preterm infants 22–25 completed weeks gestation. Interventions Comparison of NICHD calculator predicted rates of death and death or neurodevelopmental impairment, with actual rates recorded in the Australian and New Zealand Neonatal Network cohort. Main outcome measures Infant death and death or neurodevelopmental impairment rates. results A total of 714 infants were included in the study. Of these infa..

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Funding Acknowledgements

The authors KTY and TS, and the study were supported in part by a grant from the Running for Premature Babies Fund, Royal Hospital for Women Foundation. The Australian and New Zealand Neonatal Network were supported from the ANZNN members' contribution and in part by a grant from Leslie Steven Grant for Newborn Care, Sydney Children's Hospital Foundation, Australia, and Royal Hospital for Women Foundation, New South Wales, Australia.