Open AccessPredicting NICU admissions in near-term and term infants with low illness acuity
Author(s) -
Malini Mahendra,
Martina Steurer-Muller,
Samuel F. Hohmann,
Roberta L. Keller,
Anil Aswani,
R. Adams Dudley
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of perinatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.912
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1476-5543
pISSN - 0743-8346
DOI - 10.1038/s41372-020-0723-0
Subject(s) - medicine , pediatrics , confidence interval , hospital admission , neonatal intensive care unit , emergency medicine , retrospective cohort study , medical diagnosis , surgery , pathology
Describe NICU admission rate variation among hospitals in infants with birthweight ≥2500 g and low illness acuity, and describe factors that predict NICU admission.