TY - JOUR T1 - Course of hospitalization for preterm neonates born at a tertiary hospital in Brazil JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J VL - 42 IS - Suppl 57 SP - P1232 AU - Inalu Silva AU - Paola Cunha AU - Maria Beatriz Linhares AU - Francisco Martinez AU - José Simon Camelo, Júnior Y1 - 2013/09/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/42/Suppl_57/P1232.abstract N2 - Background: In newborn preterm infants, especially those small for gestational age, low birth weight, respiratory control disorders are frequent.Objective: To study the clinical characteristics and course of hospitalization of infants preterm healthy.Methods: The sample consisted of neonates with gestational age <37 weeks, of both sexes, born in a tertiary hospital in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, in the period of 09 February to December 9, 2009. These newborns had undergone a neurobehavioral assessment before they reach the end and the data were collected retrospectively.Results: The mean gestational age of the sample was 32.04 ± 2.02 weeks, mean birth weight was 1490 ± 393.08 grams and as the distribution of sexes, 55% female and 45% male. Compared to neonatal clinicians evaluated, the mean Apgar score at 5 minute was 9.31 ± 1.05, Clinical Risk Index for Babies I was 1.45 ± 2.29 and the mean of the Neonatal Medical Index which assesses the entire hospital stay was 2.33 ± 1.07. Analyzing complications during hospitalization, respiratory diseases were the most frequent, with 75% of the sample had some kind of respiratory complication. Among them, 32.73% of neonates had apnea and 27.27% had hyaline membrane disease. Furthermore, 62% of the sample required ventilatory support and 51% used oxygen therapy. The mean hospital stay was 28.96 ± 17.89 days and neonatal ICU was 9.22 ± 13.87 days. When compared neonates born small or appropriate for gestational age, there were no differences in any of the variables.Conclusion: In a tertiary hospital in Brazil, the most frequent complication was respiratory, despite the present sample neonatal clinical indices showing good prognosis. ER -