Morbidity and Mortality of Infants Born Before Arrival at the Hospital
| Autor: | Madhava R. Beeram, Mehnur Abedin, Kolawole Solarin, Michal Young |
|---|---|
| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
| Předmět: |
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Black People Hypothermia Infant Newborn Diseases law.invention 03 medical and health sciences Patient Admission 0302 clinical medicine Pregnancy law 030225 pediatrics Intensive care Infant Mortality Prevalence Humans Medicine Retrospective Studies Illicit Drugs business.industry Medical record Infant Newborn Prenatal Care Retrospective cohort study Infant Low Birth Weight Delivery Obstetric medicine.disease Intensive care unit Infant mortality Hospitalization Exact test Low birth weight District of Columbia Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Intensive Care Neonatal Female medicine.symptom business Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome |
| Zdroj: | Clinical Pediatrics. 34:313-316 |
| ISSN: | 1938-2707 0009-9228 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/000992289503400604 |
| Popis: | Recently, a number of infants have been born at home, in an ambulance, car, etc., before arrival at the District of Columbia General Hospital. Many of these infants had poor outcome. To evaluate the prevalence and outcome of these infants, we reviewed medical records of all infants born before arrival at the hospital (out-born infants) and compared them with in-hospital deliveries from July 1988 to June 1992. Data were analyzed using Fisher's Exact Test and chi-square test. There were 151 (1.8%) out-born infants and 8,169 (98.2%) in-born infants during this 4-year period. Infants in both groups were predominantly black (85%). The following were significant differences (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|