PEDIATRICS Vol. 82 No. 6 December 1988, pp. 845-851
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Neonatal Back Transport: Clinical Outcomes

Terese M. Lynch MS, RN1, August L. Jung MD1, and Carl L. Bose MD1

1 From the Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City

The convalescent course of 55 infants transported from a Level III hospital back to the community hospitals from which they were originally transported was compared with the course of 58 infants who convalesced in the tertiary center nurseries. The events in their prenatal course and acute neonatal course were similar, thus making comparisons of their convalescent course possible. Weight gain was greater among the transported infants for infants with birth weights ge2,000 g and comparable if birth weight was <2,000 g. Transported infants received fewer transfusions than their nontransported counterparts. Tolerance of feedings, the occurrence of apnea and bradycardia, and use and discontinuance of supplemental oxygen were similar in both groups. Major new health problems occurred in 27% of all subjects, 20% of transported infants and 32% of nontransported infants. Readmission to the tertiary center or a change in status to more intensive care in the tertiary center occurred in 10% of all infants, 7% of transported and 14% of nontransported infants. It was concluded that convalescing infants often presented new clinical problems, in similar numbers and severity whether convalescing in the tertiary center or after back transport to community hospitals. Community hospital care givers were considered alert to these new problems and to have provided appropriate care, including retransfer to the tertiary center when necessary.

Key Words: back transport • neonatal intensive care unit

Submitted on August 3, 1987
Accepted on October 21, 1987




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