Xiaofang Huang, Shuaijun Li, Qi Feng, Xiuying Tian, Ya-Nan Jiang, Bo Tian, Shufen Zhai, Wei Guo, Haiying He, Yuemei Li, Li Ma, Rongxiu Zheng, Shasha Fan, Hongyun Wang, Lu Chen, Hua Mei, Hua Xie, Xiaoxiang Li, Ming Yang, Liang Zhang
BACKGROUND: In China, the number of preterm infants is the second largest globally. Compared with those in developed countries, the mortality rate and proportion of treatment abandonment for extremely preterm infants (EPIs) are higher in China. It would be valuable to conduct a multicenter study and develop predictive models for the mortality risk. This study aimed to identify a predictive model among EPIs who received complete care in northern China in recent years. METHODS: This study included EPIs admitted to eighteen neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) within 72 hours of birth for receiving complete care in northern China between January 1, 2015, and December 31, 2018...
October 30, 2023: Translational Pediatrics