Can the early condition at admission of a high-risk infant aid in the prediction of mortality and poor neurodevelopmental outcome? A population study in Australia

Greenwood, Sarah
Mohamed, Abdel-Latif
Bajuk, Barbara
Lui, Kei
NSW and ACT Neonatal Intensive Care Units Audit Group, unknown

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Publication date

February 2016

DOI

10.1111/j.1440-1754.2012.02430.x

Publisher

Wiley

ISSN

1034-4810

Journal

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

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Abstract

Aim: The aim of this article was to evaluate the Revised Clinical Risk Index for Babies' (CRIB-II) severity of illness score as a predictor of moderate to severe functional disability (FD) in very premature infants. Methods: Population study of infants born <29 weeks' gestation cared for in all Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory between 1998 and 2003. FD at 2-3 years corrected age was defined as developmental delay (quotient < 2 standard deviation), non-ambulatory cerebral palsy (needing aids to walk), blindness (acuity <6/60 in better eye) or deafness (hearing aids). Sensitivity and specificity of CRIB-II scores to predict FD were performed by receiver operating characteristic curve analysi...