Journal article
Improving accuracy of outcome prediction for infants born extremely preterm using a digital tool: Translating ‘NIC-PREDICT’ into clinical practice, the first steps
RA Boland, JLY Cheong, MJ Stewart, SC Kane, LW Doyle
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology | WILEY | Published : 2024
DOI: 10.1111/ajo.13808
Abstract
Background: Many clinicians overestimate mortality and disability rates in infants born extremely preterm. We developed a digital tool (‘NIC-PREDICT’) that predicts infant mortality and survival with and without major disability in infants born 23–27 weeks' gestation. Aims: To determine if clinicians could use NIC-PREDICT accurately, and if their perceptions of infant outcomes improved after its release in 2021. Materials and Methods: Midwives, nurses, obstetricians, neonatologists and paediatricians working in tertiary and non-tertiary hospitals in Victoria were asked to use NIC-PREDICT to estimate three mutually exclusive outcomes: (i) mortality; (ii) survival free of major disability; and..
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The authors are grateful to the Consultative Council on Obstetric and Paediatric Mortality and Morbidity (CCOPMM) for providing access to the de-identified data used for this research project and for the assistance of the staff at the Consultative Council's Unit, Safer Care Victoria. The conclusions, findings, opinions and views or recommendations expressed in this paper are strictly those of the authors. They do not necessary reflect those of CCOPMM. Open access publishing facilitated by The University of Melbourne, as part of the Wiley - The University of Melbourne agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians.