Journal article
Improving the quality of survival for infants of birthweight < 1000 g born in non-level-III centres in Victoria
WH Kitchen, C Callanan, LW Doyle, GW Ford, EA Kelly, AL Rickards, E Bowman, RND Roy, NT Campbell, P McDougall, EA Carse, M Charlton, J Gore, VYH Yu, JH Drew, A Watkins, H Woods, J Lumley
Medical Journal of Australia | AUSTRALASIAN MED PUBL CO LTD | Published : 1993
Abstract
Objective: To compare between eras the early care of extremely low birthweight (birth-weight < 1000 g) infants born in non-level-III centres, that is, centres without a neonatal intensive care nursery, in Victoria, to identify changes associated with the improved quality of survival over time. Design and setting: The early care and outcome for infants of birthweight 500 to 999 g born in a non-level-III centre in Victoria were compared between two distinct eras, 1979-1980 and 1985-1987. Patients and outcomes: Mortality data to two years of age were available for all infants liveborn in non-level-III centres in the two eras (1979-1980, n = 106; 1985-1987, n = 129). In 1979-1980, 47 of 52 infan..
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