EXPECTED DURATION OF HOSPITAL STAY OF LOW-BIRTH-WEIGHT INFANTS - GRAPHIC DEPICTION IN RELATION TO BIRTH-WEIGHT AND GESTATIONAL-AGE

Authors
RAWLINGS JS SMITH FR GARCIA J
Citation
Js. Rawlings et al., EXPECTED DURATION OF HOSPITAL STAY OF LOW-BIRTH-WEIGHT INFANTS - GRAPHIC DEPICTION IN RELATION TO BIRTH-WEIGHT AND GESTATIONAL-AGE, The Journal of pediatrics, 123(2), 1993, pp. 307-309
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
The Journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223476
Volume
123
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
307 - 309
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3476(1993)123:2<307:EDOHSO>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
Neonatal duration of hospital stay correlated with both birth weight a nd gestational age in positively skewed, nonlinear relationships. With in increments of birth weight, gestational age had a semiindependent i nfluence on length of stay. Log length of stay correlated with both bi rth weight and gestational age in linear, normally distributed relatio nships. A nomogram is provided for predicting individual lengths of st ay.