TY - JOUR
T1 - Level 2 hospital delivery of low birth weight infants 1970-1979
AU - Mootabar, Hamid
AU - Fox, Harold E.
N1 - Funding Information:
*This study was supported in port by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for regimabzotion of Perinotol Core.
Copyright:
Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1983/2
Y1 - 1983/2
N2 - We have reviewed the outcome for low birth weight infants in a designated Level 2 hospital. In New York City, hospitals are classified as Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3; the latter being the large tertiary center. St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Roosevelt Division is a Level 2 institution modified by components of Level 3 expertise. The data presented spans 10 years comparing results before (Level 2) and after (Level 2+) upgrading of services. The survival of very low birth weight infants improved as a result of the change and is comparable to the tertiary center. The factors are discussed. It is concluded that an institution can decide on the lowest gestational age and/or birth weight to be managed within its perinatal service.
AB - We have reviewed the outcome for low birth weight infants in a designated Level 2 hospital. In New York City, hospitals are classified as Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3; the latter being the large tertiary center. St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Roosevelt Division is a Level 2 institution modified by components of Level 3 expertise. The data presented spans 10 years comparing results before (Level 2) and after (Level 2+) upgrading of services. The survival of very low birth weight infants improved as a result of the change and is comparable to the tertiary center. The factors are discussed. It is concluded that an institution can decide on the lowest gestational age and/or birth weight to be managed within its perinatal service.
KW - Low birth weight infants
KW - Neonatal intensive care unit
KW - Perinatal network designations
KW - Premature deliveries: changing attitudes
KW - Premature deliveries: route of delivery
KW - Survival rate for premature infants
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U2 - 10.1016/0020-7292(83)90066-8
DO - 10.1016/0020-7292(83)90066-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 6133790
AN - SCOPUS:0020662886
SN - 0020-7292
VL - 21
SP - 27
EP - 32
JO - International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics
JF - International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics
IS - 1
ER -