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SEMINARS IN FETAL & NEONATAL MEDICINE
Volume 19, Issue 2, Pages 72-77Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2013.11.002
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Birth registration; Extremely preterm birth; Infant mortality; Survival
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- Department of Health [CDF-2013-06-018, RP-PG-0407-10029] Funding Source: Medline
- National Institute for Health Research [CDF-2013-06-018, RP-PG-0407-10029] Funding Source: researchfish
- National Institutes of Health Research (NIHR) [CDF-2013-06-018] Funding Source: National Institutes of Health Research (NIHR)
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This article focuses on the survival rates of the most immature babies considered viable from around the world. It discusses the various factors in terms of definition, inclusion criteria and policy which can result in marked differences in the apparent rates of delivery (all births), live birth, admission to neonatal intensive care and ultimately survival seen between otherwise similar countries, different regions of the same country, and even adjacent hospitals. Such variation in approach can result in major differences in reported survival and consequentially have large effects on apparent rates of adverse long-term outcome. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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