Definition
The Minimal Neonatal Dataset collects a standardized, anonymous set of data from every child born at a participating hospital or transferred to a participating hospital from another hospital without intermediate discharge home. To qualify, the infant needs to meet the following inclusion criteria:
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liveborn
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birth weight between 400 and 1499 g and/or
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gestational age between 23 0/7 and 31 6/7 weeks
The data is submitted to the Network either by paper form or electronically and is used to provide comprehensive, confidential reports to participating hospitals. These reports serve as the foundation for local quality improvement projects, internal audit and use in outcomes research.
NICUs / NUs and Infants
The following figures show the number of infants enrolled since 2000 and the completeness of our database when compared to the birth registry of the Swiss Federal Statistical Office.
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As of 2000, we have established a protocol that should eventually allow us to encompass approximately 95% of all preterm births by concentrating the collection on the main swiss perinatal centers that routinely care for very preterm infants. In 2007, we have reached 96%.
