Authors
Matthew A Rysavy, Jeffrey D Horbar, Edward F Bell, Lei Li, Lucy T Greenberg, Jon E Tyson, Ravi M Patel, Waldemar A Carlo, Noelle E Younge, Charles E Green, Erika M Edwards, Susan R Hintz, Michele C Walsh, Jeffrey S Buzas, Abhik Das, Rosemary D Higgins, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network, Vermont Oxford Network
Publication date
2020/5/1
Journal
JAMA pediatrics
Volume
174
Issue
5
Pages
e196294-e196294
Publisher
American Medical Association
Description
Importance
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network (NRN) extremely preterm birth outcome model is widely used for prognostication by practitioners caring for families expecting extremely preterm birth. The model provides information on mean outcomes from 1998 to 2003 and does not account for substantial variation in outcomes among US hospitals.
Objective
To update and validate the NRN extremely preterm birth outcome model for most extremely preterm infants in the United States.
Design, Setting, and Participants
This prognostic study included 3 observational cohorts from January 1, 2006, to December 31, 2016, at 19 US centers in the NRN (derivation cohort) and 637 US centers in Vermont Oxford Network (VON) (validation cohorts). Actively treated infants born at 22 weeks’ 0 days’ to 25 weeks’ 6 days’ gestation and weighing 401 …
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