CRIB (clinical risk index for babies), mortality, and impairment after neonatal intensive care. Scottish Neonatal Consultants' Collaborative Study Group and the International Neonatal Network.
retrospective_cohort · Level III
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Abstract
Risk-adjustment may overcome the disadvantages of birthweight-specific comparisons of neonatal units. Risk-adjusted rates of death or impairment after 18 months were compared in five tertiary and three non-tertiary neonatal units for 695 high-risk infants. CRIB (clinical risk index for babies) was more closely related than birthweight to death or impairment. After adjustment for risk with CRIB, deaths remained more likely after non-tertiary than tertiary care (odds ratio 1.90, 95% CI 1.1-3.3) but rates of impairment in survivors were nearly identical (0.97, 0.5-2.1). To improve performance further, risk-adjusted rates of death and impairment should be monitored for all neonatal units.