Mortality and major morbidity of very low birth weight infants in Germany 2008-2012: A report based on administrative data
Background: Expectant parents of very preterm infants, physicians and policy makers require estimates for chances of survival and survival without morbidity. Such estimates should derive from a large, reliable and contemporary data base of easily available items known at birth.Objective: To determin...
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| author | Elke eJeschke Alexandra eBiermann Christian eGünster Thomas eBöhler Günther eHeller Helmut eHummler Christoph eBührer |
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| description | Background: Expectant parents of very preterm infants, physicians and policy makers require estimates for chances of survival and survival without morbidity. Such estimates should derive from a large, reliable and contemporary data base of easily available items known at birth.Objective: To determine short-term outcome and risk factors in very low birth weight preterm infants based on administrative dataMethods: Anonymized routine data sets transmitted from hospital administrations to statutory health insurance companies were used to assess survival and survival free of major morbidities in a large cohort of preterm infants in Germany.Results: After exclusion of infants with lethal malformations, there were 13,147 infants with a birth weight below 1,500 g admitted to neonatal care 2008-2012, of whom 1,432 infants (10.9%) died within 180 d. Estimated 180 d survival probabilities were 0.632 [95% confidence interval 0.583-0.677] for infants with 250-499 g birth weight, 0.817 [0.799-0.834] for 500-749 g, 0.931 [0.920-0.940] for 750-999 g, 0.973 [0.967-0.979] for 1,000-1,249 g and 0.985 [0.981-0.988] for 1,250-1,499 g. Estimated probabilities for survival without major morbidity (surgically treated intraventricular hemorrhage, necrotizing enterocolitis, intestinal perforation, or retinopathy) were 0.433 [0.384-0.481] (250-499 g), 0.622 [0.600-0.643] (500-749 g), 0.836 [0.821-0.849] (750-999 g), 0.938 [0.928-0.946] (1,000-1,249 g), and 0.969 [0.964-0.974] (1,250-1,499 g), respectively. Prediction of survival and survival without major morbidities was moderately improved by adding sex, small-for-gestational-age, and severe or moderate congenital malformation, increasing ROC areas under the curve from 0.839 [0.827-0.850] to 0.862 [0.852-0.874] (survival) and from 0.827 [0.822-0.842] to 0.852 [0.846-0.863] (survival without major morbidities), respectively. Conclusion: The present analysis encourages attempts to use administrative data to investigate the association between risk factors and outcome in preterm infants. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a2b4ccdcf3204c3da6ad91307b6e0c1d2022-12-22T03:23:18ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Pediatrics2296-23602016-03-01410.3389/fped.2016.00023183023Mortality and major morbidity of very low birth weight infants in Germany 2008-2012: A report based on administrative dataElke eJeschke0Alexandra eBiermann1Christian eGünster2Thomas eBöhler3Günther eHeller4Helmut eHummler5Christoph eBührer6Wissenschaftliches Institut der OrtskrankenkassenWissenschaftliches Institut der OrtskrankenkassenWissenschaftliches Institut der OrtskrankenkassenMedizinischer Dienst der Krankenkassen Baden-WürttembergInstitut für Qualität und Transparenz im GesundheitswesenUlm University HospitalCharité University Medical Center BerlinBackground: Expectant parents of very preterm infants, physicians and policy makers require estimates for chances of survival and survival without morbidity. Such estimates should derive from a large, reliable and contemporary data base of easily available items known at birth.Objective: To determine short-term outcome and risk factors in very low birth weight preterm infants based on administrative dataMethods: Anonymized routine data sets transmitted from hospital administrations to statutory health insurance companies were used to assess survival and survival free of major morbidities in a large cohort of preterm infants in Germany.Results: After exclusion of infants with lethal malformations, there were 13,147 infants with a birth weight below 1,500 g admitted to neonatal care 2008-2012, of whom 1,432 infants (10.9%) died within 180 d. Estimated 180 d survival probabilities were 0.632 [95% confidence interval 0.583-0.677] for infants with 250-499 g birth weight, 0.817 [0.799-0.834] for 500-749 g, 0.931 [0.920-0.940] for 750-999 g, 0.973 [0.967-0.979] for 1,000-1,249 g and 0.985 [0.981-0.988] for 1,250-1,499 g. Estimated probabilities for survival without major morbidity (surgically treated intraventricular hemorrhage, necrotizing enterocolitis, intestinal perforation, or retinopathy) were 0.433 [0.384-0.481] (250-499 g), 0.622 [0.600-0.643] (500-749 g), 0.836 [0.821-0.849] (750-999 g), 0.938 [0.928-0.946] (1,000-1,249 g), and 0.969 [0.964-0.974] (1,250-1,499 g), respectively. Prediction of survival and survival without major morbidities was moderately improved by adding sex, small-for-gestational-age, and severe or moderate congenital malformation, increasing ROC areas under the curve from 0.839 [0.827-0.850] to 0.862 [0.852-0.874] (survival) and from 0.827 [0.822-0.842] to 0.852 [0.846-0.863] (survival without major morbidities), respectively. Conclusion: The present analysis encourages attempts to use administrative data to investigate the association between risk factors and outcome in preterm infants.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fped.2016.00023/fullMorbidityMortalityrisk factorpreterm infantpredictive power |
| spellingShingle | Elke eJeschke Alexandra eBiermann Christian eGünster Thomas eBöhler Günther eHeller Helmut eHummler Christoph eBührer Mortality and major morbidity of very low birth weight infants in Germany 2008-2012: A report based on administrative data Frontiers in Pediatrics Morbidity Mortality risk factor preterm infant predictive power |
| title | Mortality and major morbidity of very low birth weight infants in Germany 2008-2012: A report based on administrative data |
| title_full | Mortality and major morbidity of very low birth weight infants in Germany 2008-2012: A report based on administrative data |
| title_fullStr | Mortality and major morbidity of very low birth weight infants in Germany 2008-2012: A report based on administrative data |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mortality and major morbidity of very low birth weight infants in Germany 2008-2012: A report based on administrative data |
| title_short | Mortality and major morbidity of very low birth weight infants in Germany 2008-2012: A report based on administrative data |
| title_sort | mortality and major morbidity of very low birth weight infants in germany 2008 2012 a report based on administrative data |
| topic | Morbidity Mortality risk factor preterm infant predictive power |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fped.2016.00023/full |
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