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3Neonatal Intensive Care Units' Data Collection, NSW Pregnancy and Newborn Service Network, Sydney, 4Department of Newborn Care, Royal Hospital for.
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doi:10.1111/jpc.12028

ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Population study of neurodevelopmental outcomes of extremely premature infants admitted after office hours Mohamed E Abdel-Latif,1,2 Barbara Bajuk,3 Julee Oei,4,5 Kei Lui4,5 and the NSW and ACT Neonatal Intensive Care Units Audit Group3 1

Department of Neonatology, Canberra Hospital, Woden, 2School of Clinical Medicine, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Neonatal Intensive Care Units’ Data Collection, NSW Pregnancy and Newborn Service Network, Sydney, 4Department of Newborn Care, Royal Hospital for Women, Randwick and 5School of Women’s and Children’s Heath, University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia 3

Aim: The aim of the study was to compare neurodevelopmental outcomes of extremely preterm infants admitted during (OH) and after (AH) office hours. Methods: A retrospective review of the New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory Neonatal Intensive Care Units’ (NICUs) Data Collection of all infants 2 standard deviations below the mean), cerebral palsy (unable to walk without aids), deafness (requiring bilateral hearing aids) or blindness (visual acuity