© 2003 Archives of Disease in Childhood Fetal and Neonatal Edition
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Outcomes for high risk New Zealand newborn infants in 19981999: a population based, national study
1 Centre for Perinatal Health Services Research, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
2 Department of Paediatrics, Christchurch School of Medicine, Christchurch, New Zealand
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
Ms Donoghue, ANZNN, Building D02, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2006;
ANZNN{at}perinatal.usyd.edu.au
Objective: To determine short term morbidity and mortality outcomes, provision of care, and treatments for a national cohort of high risk infants born in 19981999 and admitted to New Zealand neonatal intensive care units (NICUs).
Setting: All level III (six) and level II (13) NICUs in New Zealand.
Methods: Prospective audit by the Australian and New Zealand Neonatal Network (ANZNN) of all infants defined as "high risk" (born at < 32 weeks gestation or < 1500 g birth weight, or received assisted ventilation for four hours or more, or had major surgery). Data were collected from birth until discharge home or death.
Results: There were 3368 high risk infants (3.0% of all live births), comprising 1241 (37%) < 32 weeks gestation, 1084 (32%) < 1500 g, 3156 (94%) who received assisted ventilation, and 243 (7%) who received major surgery (categories overlap). Most infants (87%) received some care in tertiary hospitals, and 13% were cared for entirely in non-tertiary hospitals. Survival was 91% for infants < 32 weeks gestation, 97% for infants
32 weeks gestation who received assisted ventilation, and 92% for infants
32 weeks gestation who had major surgery. The proportion of very preterm infants who survived free of early major morbidity was 11%, 28%, 53%, 81%, and 90% for infants born at < 24, 2425, 2627, 2829, and 3031 weeks gestation respectively.
Conclusions: These unique population based national data provide contemporary information on the care and early morbidity and mortality outcomes for all high risk infants, whether cared for in hospitals with level III or level II NICUs.
Keywords: premature; diseases; neonatal intensive care
Abbreviations: NICU, neonatal intensive care unit; ANZNN, Australian and New Zealand Neonatal Network; IPPV, intermittent positive pressure ventilation; CPAP, continuous positive airways pressure; GA, gestation; CLD, chronic lung disease; NEC, necrotising enterocolitis; ROP, retinopathy of prematurity; IVH, intraventricular haemorrhage; HMD, hyaline membrane disease
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Arch. Dis. Child. Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2003 88: F2.
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