Follow-Up of Low Birth Weight Preterm Infants After Hospital Discharge: Incidence and Reasons for Rehospitalization.

Nihal BaysoySultan KavuncuoğluMehmet Gökhan RamoğluEsin Yildiz AldemirMüge Payasli

Published in: Journal of tropical pediatrics (2021)

Birth weight and gestational week are the most important determinants of rehospitalization. Rehospitalized preterm infants have significant deficits in both somatic growth and neurodevelopment despite high-quality follow-up care.

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