Annual audit of three year outcome in very low birthweight infants.
Annual odds ratios, standardised for known confounding variables, were used to examine trends in outcome at 3 years of age among 1499 infants of less than 1500 g birth weight admitted to a regional referral centre between 1980 and 1989. Despite improved survival, the chance of survival with a major disability or with cerebral palsy was unchanged. The likelihood of dying or surviving with a major disability significantly reduced during the decade.
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Mersey Regional Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Liverpool Maternity Hospital.
D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000401:mortality; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000401:mortality; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000401:mortality; D003638:Deafness / Q000401:mortality; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006771:Hospitals, Maternity; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012640:Seizures / Q000401:mortality; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000401:mortality