Naslov
Epidemiological characteristics of premature infants born at General Hospital Pula in a five-year-period (2012-2016)

Autori
Jašić, Mladen ; Drašković, Dorotea ; Butorac Ahel, Ivona ; Kraguljac, Darko

Izvornik
Medicina Fluminensis (1847-6864) 57 (2021), 2; 215-220

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, kratko priopcenje, ostalo

Ključne riječi
epidemiology ; morbidity ; mortality ; premature infant

Sažetak
Abstract. Aim: To summarize our five-year experience in management of premature infants at our second level neonatal facility. Patients and methods: This prospective birth cohort study was performed at the Division of Neonatology (level 2), Department of Paediatrics, General hospital Pula during a five-year-period (January 1st 2012 – December 31st 2016). The study population included all live-born neonates born between 22nd and 37th gestational week. Results: During the above mentioned five-year-period, 289 premature infants were born at General Hospital Pula. One-hundred and sixty seven (58%) neonates were delivered vaginally and 122 (42%) were delivered by caesarean section. Nineteen (7%) neonates were born after in vitro fertilization. Infants were mostly male (N=167 ; 58%), and appropriate for gestational age (N=240 ; 83%). Also, the infants belonged mostly to the late-preterm group (N=245 ; 85%). Thirty- three premature infants (11%) were transferred to a tertiary paediatric centre and five neonates died (2%). The overall cost of hospital stay for hospitalized premature infants was 2, 517, 000 Croatian kunas (cost for one patient: median 4800, range 3, 225-53, 325) ; in euros, it was 335, 600 (cost for one patient: median 640, range 430-7, 110) respectively. The overall hospital stay was 10.01±8.30 days (median 8.00, range 1.00-67.00). Conclusion: Despite the great development of neonatal intensive care, the best prevention of complications related to prematurity is to prevent preterm labour.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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