title: Expected duration of hospital stay of low birth weight infants: graphic depiction in relation to birth weight and gestational age.
abstract: Neonatal duration of hospital stay correlated with both birth weight and gestational age in positively skewed, nonlinear relationships. Within increments of birth weight, gestational age had a semi-independent influence on length of stay. Log length of stay correlated with both birth weight and gestational age in linear, normally distributed relationships. A nomogram is provided for predicting individual lengths of stay.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Madigan Army Medical Center, Tacoma, Washington 98433-5000.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Rawlings
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Garcia
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001724:Birth Weight; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007902:Length of Stay; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012044:Regression Analysis