Discontinuation of Car Seat Tolerance Screening and Postdischarge Adverse Outcomes in Infants Born Preterm

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OBJECTIVE: To study the association between discontinuing predischarge car seat tolerance screening (CSTS) with 30-day postdischarge adverse outcomes in infants born preterm.

STUDY DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study involving all infants born preterm from 2010 through 2021 who survived to discharge to home in a 14-hospital integrated health care system. The exposure was discontinuation of CSTS. The primary outcome was a composite rate of death, 911 call-triggered transports, or readmissions associated with diagnostic codes of respiratory disorders, apnea, apparent life-threatening event, or brief resolved unexplained events within 30 days of discharge. Outcomes of infants born in the periods of CSTS and after discontinuation were compared.

RESULTS: Twelve of 14 hospitals initially utilized CSTS and contributed patients to the CSTS period; 71.4% of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) patients and 26.9% of non-NICU infants were screened. All hospitals participated in the discontinuation period; 0.1% was screened. Rates of the unadjusted primary outcome were 1.02% in infants in the CSTS period (n = 21 122) and 1.06% after discontinuation (n = 20 142) (P = .76). The aOR (95% CI) was 0.95 (0.75, 1.19). Statistically insignificant differences between periods were observed in components of the primary outcome, gestational age strata, NICU admission status groups, and other secondary analyses.

CONCLUSIONS: Discontinuation of CSTS in a large integrated health care network was not associated with a change in 30-day postdischarge adverse outcomes. CSTS's value as a standard predischarge assessment deserves further evaluation.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:261

Enthalten in:

The Journal of pediatrics - 261(2023) vom: 01. Okt., Seite 113577

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Braun, David [VerfasserIn]
Kaempf, Joseph W [VerfasserIn]
Ho, Ngoc J [VerfasserIn]
Nguyen, Marielle H [VerfasserIn]
Passi, Rohit [VerfasserIn]
Burgos, Anthony E [VerfasserIn]
Volodarskiy, Marianna [VerfasserIn]
Villosis, Maria Fe B [VerfasserIn]
Gupta, Mandhir [VerfasserIn]
Habeshian, Talar S [VerfasserIn]
Tam, Henry K [VerfasserIn]
Litam, Kevin B [VerfasserIn]
Hong, Quinn L [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Calvin C [VerfasserIn]
Getahun, Darios [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Car seat test
Car seat tolerance screen
Discharge readiness
Infants born preterm
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 25.09.2023

Date Revised 27.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.113577

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM358545161