A Prospective Investigation of Factors Influencing Neonatal Visits to a Tertiary Emergency Department
Makaleler > Tam Makale · 2021
Yazarlar: Caner TURAN, Gulsum Keskin, BENAY TURAN, Ali YURTSEVEN, Eylem Ulaş SAZ
Turkish Archives of Pediatrics, SCI Expanded İndekslerine Giren Dergi, Uluslararası, Scopus, 2021, cilt 56, ss 386-391
DOI: 10.5152/turkarchpediatr.2021.20107
Özet
OBJECTIVE: Although emergency complaints in newborns are very rare and benign, pediatric emergency department (ED) admissions in Turkey are increasing due to early postpartum discharge and insufficient prenatal care. We aimed to analyze the factors affecting neonatal admissions to ED and to evaluate progress and outcomes following discharge, and hospitalization rates. MATERIALS AND METHODS: All neonates aged 28 days or less admitted to the pediatric ED were included prospectively. Demographics, perinatal-maternal features, and social factors were recorded. Complaints, clinical findings and diagnoses, hospitalization referral rates, and readmission frequencies were analyzed. RESULTS: < .001, respectively). CONCLUSION: The admission of neonates to family care physicians and sufficient prenatal and postpartum care will prevent unnecessary referrals to ED and increase the physicians' quality of care for serious diseases in neonates.