TY - JOUR
T1 - Estimating discharge dates using routinely collected data
T2 - improving the preparedness of parents of preterm infants for discharge home
AU - Fleming, Peter
AU - Ingram, Jenny
AU - Johnson, Debbie
AU - Blair, Pete
PY - 2017/3
Y1 - 2017/3
N2 - The length of stay for moderately preterm infants has progressively become shorter in the UK in recent years but staff still commonly inform parents that their baby will go home around their estimated date of delivery (EDD). Parents need as much notice as possible to prepare for the discharge of their baby, and to gain the necessary skills and knowledge to care for their infant safely. We report the use of routinely collected neonatal data to develop and implement a simple centile chart for date of discharge from hospital, which allows staff and parents to predict the likely discharge date more accurately for preterm infants, most of whom now go home more than 3 weeks before their EDD. This information allows better and timelier planning for discharge of such infants, by parents and staff.
AB - The length of stay for moderately preterm infants has progressively become shorter in the UK in recent years but staff still commonly inform parents that their baby will go home around their estimated date of delivery (EDD). Parents need as much notice as possible to prepare for the discharge of their baby, and to gain the necessary skills and knowledge to care for their infant safely. We report the use of routinely collected neonatal data to develop and implement a simple centile chart for date of discharge from hospital, which allows staff and parents to predict the likely discharge date more accurately for preterm infants, most of whom now go home more than 3 weeks before their EDD. This information allows better and timelier planning for discharge of such infants, by parents and staff.
U2 - 10.1136/archdischild-2016-310944
DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2016-310944
M3 - Article (Academic Journal)
C2 - 27698193
VL - 102
SP - F170-F172
JO - Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition
JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition
SN - 1359-2998
IS - 2
ER -