Table 1. Vermont Oxford Network hospitals participating in the very-low-birth-weight or expanded databases by VON NICU type, 2017.
Types | n [%] |
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Type A: restrictions on ventilation or no surgery | 427 [42] |
Type B: no ventilation restrictions and surgery* except cardiac requiring bypass | 429 [42] |
Type C: no ventilation restrictions and surgery* including cardiac requiring bypass | 161 [16] |
*, omphalocele repair, ventriculoperitoneal shunt, tracheoesophageal fistula/esophageal atresia repair, bowel resection/renanastomosis, meningomyelocele repair, or cardiac catheterization. NICU, neonatal intensive care units.