Rates of rehospitalisation in the first 2 years among preterm infants discharged from the NICU of a tertiary children hospital in Vietnam: a follow-up study.
Chuong Huu Thieu DoMalene Landbo BørresenFreddy Karup PedersenRonald Bertus GeskusAlexandra Yasmin KrusePublished in: BMJ open (2020)
Hospital readmission of Vietnamese preterm infants discharged from NICU was frequent during their first 2 years, mainly due to respiratory diseases. Scale-up of follow-up programmes for preterm infants is needed in low-income and middle-income countries and attempts to prevent respiratory diseases should be considered.