Open AccessEarly Discharge Study for Premature Infants: Singapore General Hospital
Author(s) -
Yeo Cheo Lian,
Selina Ho Kah Ying,
Cheong Chiu Peng,
Tay Yih Yann
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the permanente journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.445
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1552-5775
pISSN - 1552-5767
DOI - 10.7812/tpp/08-040
Subject(s) - medicine , discharge planning , hospital discharge , patient discharge , low birth weight , pediatrics , retrospective cohort study , medline , nursing , intensive care medicine , pregnancy , surgery , biology , political science , law , genetics
At Singapore General Hospital, approximately 240 infants of the 1500 deliveries per annum are delivered preterm, many of very low birth weight-median of 1210 g-often have extended hospital stays, even after they are declared medically fit.
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