Toename van het aantal vroeggeboorten in Nederland: Vergelijking van 1983 en 1993 [ Increase of preterm birth in the Netherlands in 1993 compared with 1983 ]

Objective. Survey of changes in the number of preterm and very low birth weight infants in the Netherlands in ten years. Design. Descriptive. Setting. TNO Preventie en Gezondheid, sector Jeugd, Leiden, the Netherlands. Method. All infants with a gestational age less than 32 weeks and (or) a birth weight less than 1500 g from the National...

Perinatal death in ethnic minorities in the Netherlands

Objectives - To investigate differences in perinatal death rate and associated obstetric risk factors between ethnic groups in the Netherlands. Design - Retrospective cohort study based on the 1990-1993 birth cohorts in the National Obstetric Registry. Subjects - 569,743 births of which 85,527 were for women belonging to ethnic minorities. Main...

Toename van perinatale verwijzing naar regionale centra bij vroeggeboorte in Nederland : Vergelijking van 1983 en 1993 [Increased perinatal referral to regional centres of premature infants in the Netherlands : Comparison of 1983 and 1993]

Objective. To determine changes in referral of preterm newborns. Design. Descriptive. Setting. Foundation for Perinatal Epidemiology the Netherlands, Leiden. Methods. Data regarding hospital of birth, referral, need of intensive care and mortality of the infants < 32 weeks and (or) < 1500 g birth weight born in 1993 from the National Neonatology...

An European concerted action investigating the validity of perinatal mortality as an outcome indicator for the quality of antenatal and perinatal care

In this paper the concepts, objectives, design, and data analysis procedures of the EuroNatal study are described. This sutdy started in 1996 and is a concerted action including 14 countries in Europe. The EuroNatal study aims at determining the validity of national perinatal mortality rates as an outcome indicator for the quality of antenatal...

Ouder- en kindzorg: Medische effectiviteit

Sex difference in disability and handicap at five years of age in children born at very short gestation

Objective. The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between sex and disabilities or handicaps at 5 years of age in infants born at less than 32 weeks gestation. Design. From the nationwide collaborative survey starting in 1983, including perinatal data obtained during routine perinatal care and follow-up assessments by the...

De landelijke verloskundige registratie : een veelbelovend begin [The National Obstetrics Registration: A promising start]

Gezondheidsproblemen na ernstige vroeggeboorte: 9 jaar naonderzoek [Health problems after very premature birth; nine years follow-up]

Evaluation of care for the preterm infant: Review of literature on follow-up of preterm and low birthweight infants : Report from the collaborative Project On Preterm and Small for gestational age infants (POPS) in The Netherlands

Since the introduction of neonatal intensive care in the 1960s, mortality in very preterm and very low birthweight infants has been decreasing steadily. Consequently, interest in the outcome of surviving infants is growing. Restriction of health care resources has stressed the need for information concerning the effect of individual treatment...