ArticleCanadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique
Early discharge of Alberta mothers post-delivery and the relationship to potentially preventable newborn readmissions.
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- Facilitating discharge from hospital of the healthy term infant.Paediatrics & child health · 2018Review
- Proportion of neonatal readmission attributed to length of stay for childbirth: a population-based cohort study.BMJ open · 2016Article
- Early term infants, length of birth stay and neonatal readmission for jaundice.Paediatrics & child health · 2014Article
- Transcutaneous bilirubin measurement at the time of hospital discharge in a multiethnic newborn population.Paediatrics & child health · 2011Article
- Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and early discharge from the maternity ward.European journal of pediatrics · 2009Review
- Engendering health disparities.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publiqueReview
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine whether early maternal discharge increases newborn readmission rates.
methodsSingleton vaginal deliveries weighing at least 2500 grams were extracted from April 1, 1997 to March 31, 2000 Alberta hospital abstracts and linked to records of birth. Potentially preventable readmissions were for dehydration, jaundice, feeding problems, inadequate weight gain, and social reasons.
resultsThe most common reason for readmission is jaundice (74%). In order of importance, influencing factors were: length of gestation, Aboriginal treaty status, first live birth, delivering in region of residence, number of deliveries done in the hospital, newborn sex, maternal smoking, birthweight, previous abortions, and delivering in nearest hospital. Post-delivery length of stay was associated with readmissions in the first 6 days post discharge (25% greater in those < 27 hours compared to those > 48 hours) but not in the first 28 days post discharge.
conclusionEarly maternal discharge is a minor determinant of potentially preventable newborn readmissions.
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