ArticleMaternal and child health journal2019
Prevalence and Predictors of Back-Transport Closer to Maternal Residence After Acute Neonatal Care in a Regional NICU.
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- Inequitable access to risk-appropriate neonatal care: evidence from a regionalized perinatal system in Arkansas.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2026Article
- Transfer Patterns Among Infants Born at 28 to 34 Weeks' Gestation.Pediatrics · 2024Observational
- The Role of Distance from Home to Hospital on Parental Experience in the NICU: A Qualitative Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Back Transfer of Infants with Tracheostomies: A Regional Center Experience.Journal of pediatric intensive care · 2023Article
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- The Association of Social Factors and Time Spent in the NICU for Mothers of Very Preterm Infants.Hospital pediatrics · 2021Observational
- Mothers' Experiences in the NICU Before Family-Centered Care and in NICUs Where It Is the Standard of Care.Advances in neonatal care : official journal of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses · 2020Article
- Mothering in the NICU: A qualitative exploration of maternal engagement.Social work in health care · 2019Article
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Abstract
Objectives To describe the demographics, clinical characteristics and referral patterns of premature infants to a regional level IV neonatal intensive care unit (NICU); to determine the prevalence and predictors of back-transport of infants ≤ 32 weeks gestational age in a level IV NICU; for infants not back-transported closer to maternal residence, determine the length of stay beyond attainment of clinical stability. Methods Data (2010-2014) from the Children's Hospital Neonatal Database and individual chart review for infants ≤ 32 weeks admitted to a level IV NICU whose maternal residence was outside the metro area were included. Bivariate associations of maternal and infant characteristics with back-transport were estimated using two-sample t tests and Fisher's exact test. Multivariable logistic regression was used to measure independent predictors of back-transport. Clinical stability was defined as the attainment of full volume enteral feedings and low flow nasal cannula. Results A total of 223 infants were eligible for analysis; of whom 26% were back-transported after acute care. In the adjusted analysis, insurance status, distance from maternal residence and gestational age were significantly associated with back-transport. For infants not back-transported closer to maternal residence, median length of stay in the level IV NICU beyond attainment of clinical stability was 28.5 days. Conclusion for Practice Predictors of back-transport include private insurance, greater distance of maternal residence from NICU and younger gestational age. Many preterm infants admitted to a regional NICU for acute care remained hospitalized in a level IV NICU after achieving clinical stability, for which care in a NICU closer to maternal residence may be appropriate.
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