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ArticleJournal of caring sciences2012

Factors affecting the neonatal intensive care unit stay duration in very low birth weight premature infants.

Akram Niknajad, Morteza Ghojazadeh, Niloufar Sattarzadeh, Fazileh Bashar Hashemi, Farid Dezham Khoy Shahgholi

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Article in Journal of caring sciences, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04351425 (Feasibility and Safety of Earlier Weaning of Preterm Newborn From Incubator to Cot at 1400 Grams), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers.

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NCT04351425 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2020, after this paper: background citation

Feasibility and Safety of Earlier Weaning of Preterm Newborn From Incubator to Cot at 1400 Grams

TypeinterventionalSponsorKing Fahad Medical CityRan2020 to 2020Enrolled61ConditionsPre-Term, Body Temperature Changes, Transition, Patient DischargeArmsWeaning to crib, Weaning from incubator
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. The experiences of parents with infants in Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.Iranian journal of nursing and midwifery research · 2013
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Akram NiknajadMSc, Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Morteza GhojazadehPhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Women's Health Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Niloufar SattarzadehMSc, Instructor, Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Fazileh Bashar HashemiMD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Farid Dezham Khoy ShahgholiMSc, Postgraduate Student, Department of Sport Medicine, Faculty of Physical Education & Sport Sciences, University of Te-hran, Tehran, Iran.
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences · IRUniversity of Tehran · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionImproved survival of very low birth weight (VLBW) premature infants requires urgent intensive care, professional nursing and medical care. On the other hand, long hospital stay period imposes emotional and economic burdens on the family and society. Therefore, it is necessary to clarify the most important factors affecting their hospitalization duration to lessen unwanted outcomes of premature birth and to eliminate or relieve the problems.

methodsIn a descriptive-analytical study, 170 low birth weight premature infants were assessed in a regular daily follow-up in Alzahra Hospital, Tabriz, Iran. Probable factors affecting NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) stay, such as birth age and weight, time of trophic feeding initiation, time of regain birth weight, and duration of parenteral nutrition, were evaluated. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and linier regression model in SPSS14. Statistical significance was considered at 0.05.

resultsMean birth weight and age of infants were 1310.26 ± 804.26 g and 30.51 ± 0.34 weeks, respectively. Duration of NICU stay was 14.51 ± 10.12 days. Intrauterine growth retardation, positive C-reactive protein (CRP) and blood culture during hospitalization stay, bloody or bile stained gastric remnants, days to regain birth weight, and total enteral nutrition intolerance were the most important factors affecting NICU stay among the studied infants.

conclusionIt seems that eliminating risk factors of intrauterine growth retardation during pregnancy, preventing perinatal and nosocomial infections and taking suitable and tolerable feeding strategies will be effective on NICU stay duration in low birth weight premature infants. Therefore, required policies, especially early trophic feeding, are suggested to eliminate the existing difficulties.

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Neonatal intensive carePremature infantUnit stayVery low birth weight

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PMID25276681
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