NCT04422041

Comparison of Early Versus Very Early Postnatal Discharge on Hospital Readmissions in Newborns

Comparison of Early Versus Very Early Postnatal Discharge on Hospital Readmissions in Newborns: A Prospective Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 354 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 1 Minute – 2 Days
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study compared hospital readmission and complications between very early discharge and early discharge in healthy newborn patients.

Detailed description

Introduction. Very early postnatal discharge is defined as a hospital stay of the mother-child dyad of less than 24 hours. It is usually performed in public institutions of low-income countries due to high birth rates; it has not been associated to a higher proportion of neonatal admissions, however, very early discharge might increase this risk. The objective of this study was to compare the rate hospital readmission in patients with very early vs early postnatal discharge. Methods A prospective, randomized clinical study was performed with healthy term infants born in a hospital in Mexico from July 2016 to June 2018. Sample was randomized into two groups, a very early discharge group (\<24 hours) and an early discharge group (24-48 hours). Hospital readmission rate was analyzed in both groups.

Conditions

• Hospital Readmission
• Newborn Morbidity
• Newborn Complication
• Newborn

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Time to discharge less than 24 hours	Allow the joint medical discharge of the newborn together with its mother in less than 24 hours after birth in a healthy patient, without obstetric complications and who does not present comorbidities and complications.
OTHER	Discharge time between 24 and 48 hours	Allow the joint medical discharge of the newborn together with its mother between 24-48 hours after birth in a healthy patient, without obstetric complications and who does not present comorbidities and complications.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-07-01
• Primary completion: 2018-06-29
• Completion: 2018-07-29
• First posted: 2020-06-09
• Last updated: 2020-06-09