Author/Editor | Novak-Antolič, Ž | |
Title | Transport in utero in Slovenia | |
Type | članek | |
Source | In: Novak-Antolič Ž, editor. Učinkovitost predporodnega varstva v Sloveniji. Zbornik prispevkov 7. Novakovi dnevi; 2000 jun 1-3; Moravske Toplice. Ljubljana: Slovensko zdravniško društvo, Združenje za perinatalno medicino, | |
Publication year | 2000 | |
Volume | str. 159-63 | |
Language | eng | |
Abstract | Survival improves when prematures are delivered /cared for in a third level perinatal centre. Transport in utero (TIU) was formally introduced in Slovenia in 1984. We analysed results from 1987 to 1996 concerning TIU to the Division of Perinatology in Ljubljana, where two thirds of Slovenian babies under 1500g are born. The survival rate was 80,3% for babies under 1500g (TIU and postnatal transport) over a ten years period, and 51,2% for the rest of Slovenia. Survival after TIU was better than after PNT in the same NICU. Slovenia is a small country, but as such it could be a model for perinatal transport systems. | |
Descriptors | TRANSPORTATION OF PATIENTS PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK FETAL DISEASES PREGNANCY INTENSIVE CARE UNITS INFANT, NEWBORN INFANT MORTALITY BIRTH WEIGHT |