Arch Dis Child. Published Online First: 4 October 2007. doi:10.1136/adc.2007.131326
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Are there strategies to reduce the length of stay for "well" near-term babies?
1 Northwick Park Hospital, United Kingdom
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: drnicholl{at}aol.com.
Accepted 25 September 2007
Abstract
CLINICAL BOTTOM LINE
- Early interventions with developmental care and non- nutritive sucking may reduce length of stay (grade A).
- Early discharge followed by community based domiciliary care is a safe and effective way of reducing length of stay (grade B).
- Discharge planning involving effective multidisciplinary expertise is key to successful earlier discharge (grade C).
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