The mortality of very low birth weight infants: the benefit and relative impact of changes in population and therapeutic variables.
Sorina Grisaru-GranovskyValentina BoykoLiat Lerner-GevaCathy HammermanMisgav RottenstreichArnon SamueloffMichael S SchimmelBrian Reichmannull nullPublished in: The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians (2018)
The decrease in preterm VLBW infant mortality was attributable predominantly to changes in variable specific mortality rates whereas changes in the proportions of demographic, perinatal risk factors, and therapies had a limited impact on VLBW infant mortality. Future assessment of determinants of VLBW infant mortality data should be dissected by discriminatory models.