The epidemiology, prevalence and hospital outcomes of infants with gastroschisis

The purpose of this study is to evaluate recent trends in prevalence of gastroschisis among infants admitted for neonatal intensive care in the United States. Retrospective review of a de-identified patient data. The current study extends our observations through the end of 2007 to 2015. During the study period (1 January 1997 to 12 December 2015), there were 1 158 755 total discharges; 6023 (5.2/1000) had gastroschisis and 1885 (1.6/1000) had...