Zeitschrift für Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie
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Z Geburtshilfe Neonatol · Aug 2005
Multicenter Study[Morbidity and mortality of extremely low gestational age infants in Schleswig-Holstein. Follow-up at three to six years corrected age of infants < 27 + 0 weeks gestation in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany].
Regional, population-based outcome studies of extremely preterm infants may help to assess the quality of neonatal care across centres and explain variation. ⋯ In a regional neonatal care system only infants of 25 to 26 weeks gestation but not those of lower GA show good survival rates. Major disability of extremely preterm infants seems to be independent of gestational age.