ArticleBMC pediatrics2011
The effect of systematic pediatric care on neonatal mortality and hospitalizations of infants born with oral clefts.
Article in BMC pediatrics, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00097149 (Systematic Pediatric Care for Oral Clefts - South America), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers.
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Systematic Pediatric Care for Oral Clefts - South America
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Article
- Mortality Associated with Orofacial Clefts in Brazil.Dentistry journal · 2025Article
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- Inequitable Access to Timely Cleft Palate Surgery in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.World journal of surgery · 2016Article
- Long-term effects of oral clefts on health care utilization: a sibling comparison.The European journal of health economics : HEPAC : health economics in prevention and care · 2015Article
- Does the relationship between prenatal care and birth weight vary by oral clefts? evidence using South American and United States samples.The Journal of pediatrics · 2013Article
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12 authors at 8 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundCleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) increase mortality and morbidity risks for affected infants especially in less developed countries. This study aimed at assessing the effects of systematic pediatric care on neonatal mortality and hospitalizations of infants with cleft lip and/or palate (CL/P) in South America.
methodsThe intervention group included live-born infants with isolated or associated CL/P in 47 hospitals between 2003 and 2005. The control group included live-born infants with CL/P between 2001 and 2002 in the same hospitals. The intervention group received systematic pediatric care between the 7th and 28th day of life. The primary outcomes were mortality between the 7th and 28th day of life and hospitalization days in this period among survivors adjusted for relevant baseline covariates.
resultsThere were no significant mortality differences between the intervention and control groups. However, surviving infants with associated CL/P in the intervention group had fewer hospitalization days by about six days compared to the associated control group.
conclusionsEarly systematic pediatric care may significantly reduce neonatal hospitalizations of infants with CL/P and additional birth defects in South America. Given the large healthcare and financial burden of CL/P on affected families and the relatively low cost of systematic pediatric care, improving access to such care may be a cost-effective public policy intervention.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00097149.
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