Referral of mothers and infants for intensive care
| Autor: | A M Blake, M J Pollitzer, E O Reynolds |
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| Rok vydání: | 1979 |
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Risk Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Referral Critical Care Birth weight Gestational Age Infant Newborn Diseases Pregnancy Intensive care Infant Mortality medicine Birth Weight Humans Referral and Consultation General Environmental Science business.industry Infant Care General Engineering Infant Newborn Gestational age General Medicine Infant Low Birth Weight medicine.disease Infant newborn Infant mortality United Kingdom Pregnancy Complications Intensive Care Units General Earth and Planetary Sciences Female business Research Article |
| Zdroj: | British medical journal. 2(6187) |
| ISSN: | 0007-1447 |
| Popis: | During 1975-7, 96 mothers were referred to University College Hospital for delivery from 39 other hospitals because their pregnancies were considered to be at very high risk. One hundred of the 111 infants born to the 96 mothers weighed 2500 g or less and 60 weighed 1500 g or less. A high proportion of the infants developed serious illnesses necessitating intensive care. The birth-weight-specific neonatal mortality rates of the infants were much lower than those of infants born in England and Wales as a whole and were also lower than those of the 370 infants transported to this hospital for intensive care after delivery elsewhere. Whenever possible mothers with very high-risk pregnancies should be referred for delivery to centres with full facilities for the intensive care of the mother, fetus, and newborn infant. |
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