Validation of a prognostic index in the critically ill newborn

Neonatal near miss: a measure of the quality of obstetric care

“…24 Included are gestational age, birth weight, cardiac arrest, PO 2 /FIO 2 ratio, major congenital malformations, sepsis and base excess. The NBRS (Nursery Neurobiologic Risk Score) predicts neurological outcome in VLBW infants.…”

Development and validation of the Neonatal Mortality Score-9 Mexico to predict mortality in critically ill neonates

“…34 However, the newborn infants used to validate the data were gathered from three referral centers of our country where deliveries are not assisted, so the initial approach might have changed the outcome of subjects included in the study. These conditions affect the external validity of that scale; besides, outcome measures as sepsis and heart failure may vary in their identification depending on who rates them.…”

Desarrollo y validación de la Escala de Mortalidad Neonatal-9 México para predecir la mortalidad en neonatos críticamente enfermos

“…En México, en 2001, 34 se publicó una escala metodológicamente construida con semejanzas a este estudio. Sin embargo, los neonatos en los que se validaron los datos fueron obtenidos de tres centros de referencia del país donde no se atienden nacimientos y el abordaje inicial pudo haber alterado el pronóstico de los sujetos incluidos.…”