Published online August 1, 2007
PEDIATRICS Vol. 120 No. 2 August 2007, pp. 455-456 (doi:10.1542/peds.2007-1256)
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Effect of Back Transport on Readmissions and Follow-up Care

Mohammad A. Attar, MD
Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0254

Susan L. Bratton, MD, MPH
Department of Pediatrics
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT 84108

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To the Editor.—

We read with interest the informative report by Lainwala et al.1 They documented no adverse effects on developmental outcomes for a large cohort of back-transported recovering premature infants within regionalized perinatal health care delivery. The multicenter experience reconfirmed the safety of back transport among selected recovering infants who do not require intensive subspecialty services.2

We disagree with a conclusion the authors made that back . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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