How Often Are Healthy Newborn Discharge Criteria Followed in a Tertiary Care Academic Children's Hospital?

Abstract

Purpose The time period following inpatient neonatal birth allows healthcare providers to ensure the medical wellbeing of the newborn and provide anticipatory guidance. Criteria for newborn hospital discharge have been established. In 2015, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) published an updated consensus statement containing 17 discharge recommendations for healthy term newborn infants (Table 1). The purpose of this study was to identify whether the AAP recommended criteria were met prior to discharge at a tertiary care academic children’s …