Telemedicine, a tool for follow-up of infants discharged from the NICU? Experience from a pilot project,Journal of Perinatology

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Telemedicine, a tool for follow-up of infants discharged from the NICU? Experience from a pilot project
Journal of Perinatology ( IF 2.4 ) Pub Date : 2020-01-20 , DOI: 10.1038/s41372-020-0593-5
Anirudha Das ₁ , Luciana Cina ₁ , Ajith Mathew ₁ , Hany Aziz ₁ , Hany Aly ₁

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Objective

Follow-up of infants from the NICU by neonatologist is limited to premature and complicated infants although parents of infants with advanced gestation may have concerns as well. We compared parental questions of infants < 35 weeks gestation (group A), during virtual telemedicine visits, to ≥35 week infants (group B).

Study design

In a retrospective cohort study, questions asked by parents were extracted from the electronic medical record of all infants post discharge from the NICU, after their pediatrician visit.

Results

Gestation and birth weight of infants in group A were significantly lower than group B but their stay was longer. There were no significant differences in the number of parents who had questions, between the groups (A 68.1% vs B 67.3%, p = 0.91, 95% CI 0.46–1.99, OR = 0.96).

Conclusions

Telemedicine is a feasible tool for follow-up of NICU infants post discharge. Parents of infants with advanced gestation and weight may benefit from NICU follow-up.

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