Causes of death in very preterm infants cared for in neonatal intensive care units a population based retrospective cohort study RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Causes of death in very preterm infants ca[.]
Schindler et al BMC Pediatrics (2017) 17:59 DOI 10.1186/s12887-017-0810-3 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Causes of death in very preterm infants cared for in neonatal intensive care units: a population-based retrospective cohort study Tim Schindler1,2*, Louise Koller-Smith1, Kei Lui1,2, Barbara Bajuk3, Srinivas Bolisetty1,2 and New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory Neonatal Intensive Care Units’ Data Collection Abstract Background: While there are good data to describe changing trends in mortality and morbidity rates for preterm populations, there is very little information on the specific causes and pattern of death in terms of age of vulnerability It is well established that mortality increases with decreasing gestational age but there are limited data on the specific causes that account for this increased mortality The aim of this study was to establish the common causes of hospital mortality in a regional preterm population admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) Methods: Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data of the Neonatal Intensive Care Units' (NICUS) Data Collection of all 10 NICUs in the region Infants