Hospitalizations in Neonatal Period and Early Discharge of Maternity

Inventory of Hospitalizations in the Neonatal Period and Validation of the Early Maternity Discharge Protocol: Retrospective Observational Study

in the past 2 decades the number of early discharge of maternity is increasing. The aim of this study is to observe if an early maternity discharge increase the rate of hospitalization during the neonatal period.

All infants with maximum 28 days old who are hospitalized at the Hospital center of Nancy: through emergency unit of children's hospital or maternity, through intensive care unit of children's hospital.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Hospitalization; Neonatal Period; Early Maternity Discharge; Risk Factor Readmission

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 500

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 1 day to 4 weeks (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

hospitalized infants less than 28 days old at CHU Nancy hospital through the emergency service of children's hospital, through intensive care unit or through emergency unit of the maternity regional of Nancy

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• infants hospitalized maximum at the aged of 28 days (day 28 included)
• infants already discharged from maternity
• infants hospitalized in Hospital Center NANCY: at Children's
• informed by the study, parents did not refused to participate to the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• more than 28 days old
• infants transferred from maternity without discharge at home.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Age at maternity discharge	age in hours at the discharge of maternity	1 month

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Etiology of hospitalization	Description of the cause of the hospitalization	1 month
Jaundice risk factor	different risk factor of jaundice, jaundice and phototherapy	1 month
Risk factor of early neonatal bacterial infection	mother's and newborn's risk factor to determinate follow up	1 month
social environment at home, mother's parity	determined the environment of the newborn for a safety maternity discharge	1 month
pediatrics follow up	the follow up set up at home by the different medical stuff (pediatrician, family doctor, midwife	1 month

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Central Hospital, Nancy, France

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Anticipated): September 1, 2022
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): November 1, 2022
• Study Completion (Anticipated): February 1, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 19, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 19, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): September 22, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 23, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 22, 2022
• Last Verified: September 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: neonatal; readmission; causes of readmission; early discharge maternity
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2022PI110

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No