Hospital Readmissions and Emergency Department Visits in Moderate Preterm, Late Preterm, and Early Term Infants

• Autores: Michael W. Kuzniewicz, Jane Parker, Alina Schnake-Mahl, Gabriel J. Escobar
• Localización: Clinics in Perinatology, ISSN 0095-5108, Vol. 40, Nº. 4, 2013, págs. 753-775
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The increased vulnerability of late preterm infants is no longer a novel concept in neonatology, with many studies documenting excess morbidity and mortality in these infants during the birth hospitalization. Because outcomes related to gestational age constitute a continuum, it is important to analyze data from the gestational age groups that bookend late preterm infants infants–moderate preterm infants (31–32 weeks) and early term infants (37–38 weeks). This article evaluates hospital readmissions and emergency department visits in the first 30 days after discharge from birth hospitalization in a large cohort of infants greater than or equal to 31 weeks’ gestation.