Early neonatal outcomes of very-low-birth-weight infants in Turkey: A prospective multicenter study of the Turkish Neonatal Society.
Esin KocNihal DemirelAhmet Yagmur BasDilek Ulubas IsikIbrahim Murat HirfanogluTuran TuncFatma Nur SariGuner KaratekinRamazan OzdemirHuseyin AltunhanMerih CetinkayaBeyza OzcanServet OzkirazSebnem CalkavurKadir Serafettin TekgunduzAyhan TastekinFerda OzluBanu Mutlu OzyurtAhmet OzdemirBilin CetinkayaYasar DemirelliEsad KokluUlker CelikNuriye TarakciDidem ArmangilEmel OkuluFatma NarterBirgul MutluMustafa Kurthan MertAli BulbulHuseyin Selim AskerOzgun UygurIlker Sait UsluSabahattin ErtugrulCumhur AydemirHasan Tolga CelikKazim KucuktasciSelda ArslanHacer ErginAysegul ZencirogluSadik YurttutanAysen OrmanOguz TuncerBeril YasaBetul AcunasSahin TakciZeynel GokmenHilal OzkanSerdar ComertNuran UstunMehmet MutluBilge Tanyeri BayraktarLeyla BilginFunda TuzunOzge AydemirTugba GursoyArzu AkdagAsli MemisogluEmrah CanDemet TerekSerdar BekenOzden TuranNilufer GuzogluRahmi OrsYusuf KaleBerna HekimogluHakan AylancFunda ErogluSuzan SahinMurat KonakDilek SariciIlknur KilicNilay HakanPublished in: PloS one (2019)
The present investigation is the first multicenter study to include epidemiological information on VLBW infants in Turkey. Morbidity rate in VLBW infants is a serious concern and higher than those in developed countries. Implementation of oxygen therapy with appropriate monitoring, better antenatal and neonatal care and control of sepsis may reduce the prevalence of neonatal morbidities. Therefore, monitoring standards of neonatal care and implementing quality improvement projects across the country are essential for improving neonatal outcomes in Turkish NICUs.