Multicenter neonatal databases: Trends in research uses

• Published in: BMC research notes Vol. 10; no. 1; p. 42
• Main Authors: Creel, Liza M, Gregory, Sean, McNeal, Catherine J, Beeram, Madhava R, Krauss, David R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 13.01.2017; BioMed Central
• Subjects: Advisors; Analysis; Babies; Birth weight; Births; Childrens health; Collaboration; Data collection; Database Management Systems; Datasets; Health aspects; Humans; Infant mortality; Infant, Newborn; Information management; Intensive care; Low birth weight; Morbidity; Neonatal intensive care; Patient outcomes; Premature infants; Quality; Studies; Trends; Ventilation; United States; United States > US; NICU databases; NICU outcomes; Pediatrics outcomes; Prematurity

In the US, approximately 12.7% of all live births are preterm, 8.2% of live births were low birth weight (LBW), and 1.5% are very low birth weight (VLBW). Although technological advances have improved mortality rates among preterm and LBW infants, improving overall rates of prematurity and LBW remai...