[Mortality and morbidity among full-term neonates in a neonatal intensive care unit in the Utrecht region, the Netherlands].
| Autor: | Evers AC; Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, locatie Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis, divisie Vrouw en Baby, Utrecht, The Netherlands. A.Evers@umcutrecht.nl, van Leeuwen J, Kwee A, Brouwers HA, Koopman-Esseboom C, Nikkels PG, Duyn A, Bruinse HW |
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| Jazyk: | Dutch; Flemish |
| Zdroj: | Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde [Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd] 2010; Vol. 154, pp. A118. |
| Abstrakt: | Objective: To gain an insight into perinatal mortality and morbidity in full-term infants without congenital abnormalities admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Design: Retrospective analysis. Method: In this study, all full-term infants, who were born in the period 1997-2003 without congenital disorders and admitted to the NICU at the Wilhelmina Children's Hospital in Utrecht, the Netherlands were included. Information about the delivery, NICU-admission and follow-up until the age of 18 months was obtained from the hospital charts. Results: In total 597 full-term neonates were admitted to the NICU during the study period; this is equivalent to 3-4 per 1,000 full-term neonates in the Utrecht region. Of these, 47% were admitted on account of asphyxia, 17% with respiratory problems and 12% with infections. In 79% of all NICU admissions the delivery had taken place under secondary care; in 29% labour had started under exclusive care of a primary level midwife, because the pregnancy had been defined as low-risk. 21% of the neonates were admitted to the NICU following delivery under exclusive primary care. Almost 15% of the infants died in the NICU, in 89% due to asphyxia. Of the surviving infants following perinatal asphyxia, 15% had a permanent disability at the age of 18 months. Conclusion: Post-partum admission of a fundamentally healthy full-term neonate to the NICU is a serious adverse perinatal outcome, and warrants further investigation. The various factors that influence these admissions should be analysed in more detail, for instance by means of perinatal audits. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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