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Review
. 2013 Dec;40(4):753-75.
doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2013.07.008. Epub 2013 Sep 20.

Hospital readmissions and emergency department visits in moderate preterm, late preterm, and early term infants

Michael W Kuzniewicz  1 , Sarah-Jane Parker, Alina Schnake-Mahl, Gabriel J Escobar
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Hospital readmissions and emergency department visits in moderate preterm, late preterm, and early term infants

Michael W Kuzniewicz et al. Clin Perinatol. 2013 Dec.

Abstract

The increased vulnerability of late preterm infants is no longer a novel concept in neonatology, with many studies documenting excess morbidity and mortality in these infants during the birth hospitalization. Because outcomes related to gestational age constitute a continuum, it is important to analyze data from the gestational age groups that bookend late preterm infants infants-moderate preterm infants (31-32 weeks) and early term infants (37-38 weeks). This article evaluates hospital readmissions and emergency department visits in the first 30 days after discharge from birth hospitalization in a large cohort of infants greater than or equal to 31 weeks' gestation.

Keywords: ED utilization; Preterm; Readmission diagnosis; Readmission rate; Rehospitalization.

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