CRIB score, birth weight and gestational age in neonatal mortality risk evaluation

• Autor(a) principal: Brito, Angela Sara J de
• Data de Publicação: 2003
• Outros Autores: Matsuo, Tiemi, Gonzalez, Maria Rafaela C, Carvalho, Ana Berenice R de, Ferrari, Lígia S L
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista de Saúde Pública
• Texto Completo: https://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/article/view/31634
• topic: Recém-nascido de muito baixo peso; Mortalidade neonatal (saúde pública); Risco; Unidades de terapia intensiva neonatal; Peso ao nascer; Idade gestacional; Escore CRIB; Infant; very low birth weight; Neonatal mortality (public health); Risk; Intensive care units; neonatal; Birthweight; Gestational age; CRIB score

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the mortality rate of very low birth weight babies born at a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) during a specified period of time according to variations in CRIB (Clinical Risk Index for Babies) score, birth weight and gestational age. METHODS: From January 1997 to December 2000, the CRIB score was prospectively applied to all newborn infants admitted to the NICU of an university hospital of Londrina, Brazil, with birthweight under 1,500 g and/or gestational age of less than 31 weeks. The exclusion criteria were: death before 12 hours of life, presence of lethal congenital malformations and newborns who had been referred from other hospital. RESULTS: Two hundred and eighty-four infants met the inclusion criteria. Mean birth weight was 1,148±248 g (median =1,180), mean gestational age was 30.2±2.4 weeks (median =30.0) and mean CRIB score was 3.8±4.4 (median =2.0). The neonatal mortality rate was 23.2%, varying according to mean birthweight