ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To determine if survival rates of preterm infants receiving active perinatal care improve over time. DESIGN: The German Neonatal Network is a cohort study of preterm infants with birth weight <1500 g. All eligible infants receiving active perinatal care are registered. We analysed data of patients discharged between 2011 and 2016. SETTING: 43 German level III neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). PATIENTS: 8222 preterm infants with a gestational age between 22/0 and 28/6 weeks who received active perinatal care. INTERVENTIONS: Participating NICUs were grouped according to their specific survival rate from 2011 to 2013 to high (percentile >P75), intermediate (P25-P75) and low (Subject(s)
Infant, Extremely Premature
, Intensive Care Units, Neonatal/statistics & numerical data
, Perinatal Care/methods
, Perinatal Care/statistics & numerical data
, Perinatal Mortality/trends
, Cause of Death
, Comorbidity
, Female
, Gestational Age
, Health Status
, Humans
, Infant
, Infant, Newborn
, Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
, Male
, Prospective Studies
, Quality Improvement
, Risk Factors
, Sex Factors
, Tertiary Care Centers
