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- Published on: 22 March 2016
- Published on: 22 March 2016
- Published on: 22 March 2016
- Published on: 22 March 2016Author replyShow More
Dear Editor,
The letters in response to our study1 raise interesting points. Dr. MacDonald suggests that breast-feeding rates at discharge may have accounted for the difference in gestational age at discharge between infants in California and the United Kingdom because of the association of lower socio-economic status and breast-feeding rates. Unfortunately, we do not have data from the United Kingdom Neonatal...
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None declared. - Published on: 22 March 2016Early discharge of moderately premature infantsShow More
Dear Editor,
We read with interest the findings by Profit et al demonstrating that moderately premature infants (30–34+6 weeks gestation) in California are discharged earlier (35.9 weeks) than their UK counterparts (36.3 weeks).1 The authors question the factors responsible but do not specify changes which could be implemented within a UK system to reduce length of stay.
In our level 3 unit from 2003-2005,...
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None declared. - Published on: 22 March 2016Does feeding method explain earlier discharge of moderately premature infants?Show More
Dear Editor,
The report of Profit et al [1] demonstrated earlier discharge in the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program (KPMC) than from two comparator groups. In an attempt to account for this a number of demographic factors were examined.
Unfortunately there is no information provided on feeding method at discharge; yet the commonest issue that determines an infant's readiness for discharge is hi...
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